1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: Just wanted to pook, that's all. And just like that, 2 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: Wan Soto's career with the New York Yankees is over. 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: He sent us to the World Series with an epic 4 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: at bat. We got the wrong text up here, Here 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: we go. Juan Soto fifteen years, seven hundred and sixty 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: five million dollars just broke via Jeff Passon. He sent 7 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 1: us to the World Series with a dramatic home run, 8 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,599 Speaker 1: one of the most dramatic home runs you'll ever see, 9 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: one of the greatest bats that you will ever see. 10 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 1: But in the end, that will be the final great 11 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 1: memory of Juan Soto's Yankees career, which ended at ten 12 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: twelve PM on Sunday, December eighth, twenty twenty four. And 13 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: you know, I was thinking about last year. It was 14 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: around this time of night, I think it was about 15 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: ten to fifty five PM or whatever that Passing announced 16 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: the Juan Soto trade to the Yankees. And let's say 17 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: within five minutes, every forward thinking Yankees fan had the 18 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: same thought, it's going to take a lot of money 19 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: to re sign this guy next year. And it turns 20 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 1: out that it took a record setting contract, and with 21 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: the contracts that the Yankees already have on the books 22 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge, Garrett Cole, John Carlos Stanton, Carlos Rodin. If 23 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,279 Speaker 1: his price became astronomical or was driven up by Steve Cohen, 24 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,559 Speaker 1: you could see the Yankees drawing a line in the sand. 25 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: And apparently they had now. There was a rumor early 26 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: on that the Mets would bid eight hundred million. It 27 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: obviously didn't get that high. The number was fifteen years, 28 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: seven hundred and sixty five million dollars. This is Jeff Passon. 29 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: It does not get better than him in terms of 30 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: breaking news for MLB. And in the end, Aaron Judge 31 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: turned down more money from other teams to return to 32 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: the Yankees, Juan Soto unwilling to do so. There had 33 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: been a report that the Yankees would get the last offer. 34 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: That rumor was debunked, So we don't know if you 35 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: know they actually drew a line in the sand or 36 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: Sodo simply wanted to be a Met. But this confirms 37 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: a few things for me. The first is that Juan Soto, 38 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 1: despite enjoying his time with the Yankees, wasn't particularly swayed 39 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: by the things that we fans always like to brag about. 40 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: The normality of the global brand, the championships throughout history, 41 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: the Cathedral and the Bronx. None of that ultimately mattered 42 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: to Juan Soto, who was taking his talents across town. 43 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 1: And the second thing that confirmed is that Steve Cohen 44 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: really was not gonna be outbid. This is something that 45 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 1: we had all suspected. I had Buster Only on the 46 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: show a while back, and he said basically that he's 47 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,920 Speaker 1: gonna end up with the Mets. Pretty Much every baseball 48 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: reporter that I could think of said that he was 49 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: going to the Mets. And you know, he was reportedly 50 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: willing to beat any offer by up to fifty million dollars, 51 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: and per Mark Finesan, there's a seventy five million dollar 52 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: signing bonus on this deal. So seventy five million bucks 53 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: right in his pocket right now. Victor Vee says, George 54 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: is gone. There will never be in New York Yankees. 55 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: George would never have let that happen. Honestly, I'm not 56 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: one of these people that's gonna be heartbroken about this. 57 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: That is an enormous commitment to a guy who's going 58 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: to be a dh in a few years now. Scott 59 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: Boris is clearly on a revenge tour. He got over 60 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty million for Blake Snell. Now, this 61 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: contract for Juan Soto obviously playing all the big market 62 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: teams against each other, and you know, you had the Yankees, 63 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: Red Sox, Blue Jays, Dodgers, and Mets all going at it. 64 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: One minute it was a sure thing that he was 65 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: going to Boston. The next you had no team's gonna 66 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: outbid the Dodgers, and then it was no team's gonna 67 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: outbid the Blue Jays and all that Rogers money, and 68 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,679 Speaker 1: then it was all the Yankees feel like they're confident, 69 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: like they have an edge. Uh, And you know, ultimately 70 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: it came down to who offered the biggest deal, and 71 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: it was Steve Cohen. And this is gonna sound like 72 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: cope or whatever the kids say. The kids are gonna say, Oh, 73 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: you're just cope. Yeah, that's this that Honestly, the Yankees 74 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,559 Speaker 1: now have an opportunity to fix the things that beat 75 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: them in the World Series. Right. They can address the defense, 76 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: the base running. They can get four or five players. 77 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,559 Speaker 1: They can go out and get a set, an ace 78 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 1: to back up Garrett Cole if they so choose, they 79 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: could get Corbyn Burns, they could get Max Freed. They 80 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: had two out of the top three Rookie of the 81 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:14,559 Speaker 1: Year finalists and the MVP. Okay, they've got a good team, 82 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: and now they have an additional fifty plus million dollars 83 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: that they were budgeting for next year that they can 84 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: spread around. That means you could get at least two 85 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,520 Speaker 1: or three players, depending on how cheap they are. You know, 86 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: I think we're gonna see a Cody Bellinger trade here 87 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: in the next twelve hours, probably because the Yankees have 88 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: now lost two left handed bats. They lost Juan Soto, 89 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: they've lost Verdugo. Verdugo's not coming back, no chance, no chance. 90 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: They will have Dominguez as a swidgetter who's better from 91 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: the left side, and they'll have Austin Wells who should improve, 92 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: but they're gonna have to replace some left handed bats. 93 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 1: So I think Bellinger's coming to the Yankees, and I 94 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: think now that one is gone, Bellinger will slide into 95 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: center field, and that makes you better defensively at two positions, 96 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 1: centerfield and right field, because Judge slides back to right 97 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: field where he's better, okay, and Bellinger maybe gets those 98 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: pitches to hit that Sodo you know was getting to hit, 99 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: and he'll put up better numbers than he has in 100 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: a couple of years. And you know, this could mean 101 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: you add to the pitching staff Corbyn Burns, top flight 102 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: ace that you have a chance to pull from a 103 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: division rival. You know, maybe Max Freed. Maybe you go 104 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: out and trade for Garrett Crochet. The Yankees have been 105 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: linked to him today. But I'm not gonna knock Juan 106 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: Soto for taking this deal. But we have a new 107 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: award this year that we're giving out, and Juan Soto 108 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: will be the first recipient of the Bum of the Day. 109 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: And our bomb is not indeed on the Yankees anymore. 110 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: It is Juan Soto, our bumb of the night. This 111 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: is a new award we're gonna have this year. You know, 112 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: we've had the Player of the Game, we're also gonna 113 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: have the Bum of the Day. But you know, it 114 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you're a bad guy, doesn't mean we don't 115 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: like you or we don't appreciate what you did. But 116 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: you took the highest dollar value from the team across town. 117 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: And that makes your bump. That makes your bump. So 118 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: congratulations to the first bum winner of the year Juan Soto, 119 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: and there's a lot of people who are saying, good, 120 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: let him go, you know, spread the money around. And 121 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: I don't entirely disagree. At seven hundred and sixty five 122 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: million dollars, that's a little ridiculous for Juan Soto, who's 123 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: just a hitter. I mean, yes, he's a generational talent, 124 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: and it's going to be enormously difficult to replace his production. 125 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: You probably can't replace it. You probably need two players 126 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: to replace it. Eight wins above replacement or seven point 127 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: nine according to Baseball Reference to eighty eight average forty 128 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: one home run, one hundred and nine RBIs four nineteen 129 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: on base percentage one seventy eight OPS plus. That does 130 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: not grow on trees twenty six years old, supposedly. But 131 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: I think that the people who are saying that this 132 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: is the best thing for the Yankees, like as an 133 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: organization and as a ball club, are correct, because you 134 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: got a chance to maneuver. Now, Hayman is saying that 135 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: the Yankees offered seven hundred and sixty million for sixteen years, 136 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: so they offered an extra year at a little lower AAV. 137 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,839 Speaker 1: So let's go. Let's do the math on that seven 138 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: sixty divided by sixteen, and it's usually you know, team 139 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: players will take the longer offer a lot of times. 140 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 1: That's forty seven and a half million. That's an enormous amount. 141 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: So what did the aav end up being? So seven 142 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: sixty five divided by fifteen? Oops, I messed up. Seven 143 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: sixty five divided by fifteen is fifty one million dollars 144 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: per year. So he broke the fifty million dollar a 145 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: year barrier that I thought he would. Little Joe says, 146 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 1: no way on Bellinger twenty five million. They're willing to 147 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: eat some of that money, so don't worry too much 148 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: about that. I really think that Bellinger is a good 149 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: fit for the Yankees. He's a guy who makes contact. 150 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: He's an athlete, he's a good base runner, he's a 151 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: good defender. I think it's a no brainer to bring 152 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 1: in Cody Bellinger. But as for right now, the Yankees 153 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: have some work to do. So congratulations to the Mets. 154 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,439 Speaker 1: They got a great hitter, they got the face of 155 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: their their franchise under contract for the next decade and 156 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: a half. And the Yankees are gonna have some work 157 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: to do. Let's go ahead and take some audience reactions 158 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 1: to the news and be sure to call in. We'll 159 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: do a voicemail show tomorrow. Jay Apolos his Steinbrenner is 160 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: not going to be happy. I mean, he had to 161 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: to sign off on that kind of deal, so, I 162 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: mean they probably brought him that deal, said hey, beat this, 163 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:11,160 Speaker 1: and he said no. So I mean obviously he's he 164 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: wanted the player, but now he's got a flex in 165 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: other ways. Jay Grider says for the Yankees, ninety one 166 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: million for two players is too risky. I agree, that's 167 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 1: that is a lot. I mean, if Soto or Judge 168 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: gets hurt, I mean, that's just an enormous proportion of 169 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: your payroll that's on the il. And look, he was 170 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,719 Speaker 1: incredibly clutch. He had the big home run in the playoffs. 171 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: He hit well throughout the playoffs. He was one of 172 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 1: the only Yankees who hit in the World Series. But 173 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: the Yankees need more than just one guy. And I 174 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: refuse to believe that any one player, especially when they're 175 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: not a good defender and not a good base run 176 00:10:52,559 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 1: And I'm not trying to insult the guy, but seven 177 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty million, I mean, Otani, you're basically getting 178 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: two players in one right, and you're getting a guy 179 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: who has enormous worldwide recognition, brings in a ton of 180 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: money from Japan. Soto doesn't do these things. This is 181 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: strictly this. This is Cohen going into his pocket and 182 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: buying the painting. As Michael Kay says, they're buying the toy. 183 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: And you know, Muti Graul says he never wanted to 184 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: be a Yankee. We don't know that. He seemed to 185 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: really like being a Yankee. He took his time with 186 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: the decision. But look, I mean to turn it. To 187 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: turn down seven hundred and sixty million to go across 188 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: town for five more million spread out over actually one 189 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: less year. It says something so ridiculous, says big Ya's 190 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: fifty one million dollars a year for Sodo. Ferno has 191 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: spread the money, but got to do it fast. I agree. 192 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 1: The Yankees still have a chance to own the Winter 193 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: Meetings if they be the Yanks again, if they go 194 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: out and they get, you know, a couple of good 195 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: starting pitchers, a couple of good bats, spend smart. I 196 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: was telling this story to Scott Braun the other day. 197 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: I'm sure a lot of you are familiar when I 198 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 1: was a kid. For Christmas, we would get me and 199 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 1: my brother a fifty dollars gift card to game stop 200 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: every year, like clockwork every year, and we had like Sega, 201 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: we had Nintendo and all that stuff, and back then 202 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 1: games would cost fifty bucks. So we had a few 203 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: dollars saved up for taxes or whatever. We could go 204 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: get the new game that we wanted, or we could 205 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: go into the pre used bin and get like six 206 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: or seven games that were like eight nine bucks. And 207 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: that's what we would do every year. Build our collection, 208 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: go and get some other players, build out the roster. 209 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 1: Go get another starting pitcher, Go get another left handed bat, 210 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: Go get some guys who can play d You know 211 00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: when the Red Sox in four traded Nomar Garciapara, he 212 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: was their big star, but they got back good baseball 213 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 1: players in return, Orlando Cabrera, dougman Kaevich and those are 214 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 1: guys that helped them win the World Series. Because no 215 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: one player wins you a World Series. I mean the Dodgers, 216 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: they won the World Series, but show Hey did nothing 217 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: for them in the world says, and he was hurt. 218 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: They won as a team. They won by getting you know, 219 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: big hits and hitting with runners in scoring position. These 220 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: are the types of things the Yankees need to do better. 221 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: They need to feel better, they need to run better. 222 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: Got super chat here, just a donation, no actual chat. 223 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: So if you do go ahead and drop in a chat, 224 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: I will try and read it. But we got a 225 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: lot of people that are pretty upset and a significant 226 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: amount of people that are just fine with this deal. 227 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: I told you guys, I was not going to be 228 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: somebody who cried over this and lost my mind over this, 229 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: because this is a chance for the Yankees to get 230 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: better in a number of different areas. Let's face it, 231 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,680 Speaker 1: you sign Soto for fifty plus million dollars a year, 232 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: you don't have a lot left in the budget, and 233 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 1: staying under the luxury tax, which we know how it 234 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: likes to do, to go out and get other players. 235 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: Gator McCluskey says, did Soto prefer not to share the 236 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 1: stage with Judge? I mean, we don't know what is 237 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: in his heart, and he's not gonna say that. He 238 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: will never come out and say, oh, well, you know, 239 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: I didn't want to play with the Yankees because of 240 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge. He's not gonna say that he took the 241 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: highest possible dollar total, five million more than the Yankees offered. 242 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: That's it and over one last year highest aav. He 243 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: wanted to break that fifty million dollar a year barrier, 244 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 1: and he did. Theoharis says, I feel like the window 245 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: has now closed to sign one Soto. It has, but 246 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: just to be serious for a second, the windows wide open. 247 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: We got two out of the top three Rookie of 248 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: the Year finalists, Wells and Heel. Heel could win twenty 249 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: games next year. He's got that kind of arm. You 250 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: still got Garrett Coles, you know, even though he's fading 251 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: a little bit, he's still a really good pitcher. Carlos 252 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: Rodin had a nice bounce back season. Aaron Judge at 253 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: fifty eight home runs and has won two out of 254 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 1: the last three MVPs. Volpi will be better next year. 255 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: You're probably gonna have a Rookie of the Year contender 256 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: in Jason Dominguez. And the Yankees aren't done. They're not 257 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: gonna let this pass. They're not gonna let the Mets 258 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: just steal the whole offseason. They're gonna go out and 259 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: they're gonna spend. They're gonna go out, and they're gonna 260 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: go out and get three or four players. Trust me 261 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: on this. They've been linked already today to Garrett Crochet, 262 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: who is basically the second coming of Chris Sale. You 263 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: might be able to go out and get him. Corbyn 264 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: Burns is out there for the taking and that will 265 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: take him away from Baltimore, which will hurt Baltimore and 266 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: give the Yankees an even better chance to win the East. 267 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: You win the playoffs, you get into the dance. Hey, 268 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: the Yankee showed this year that they were the best 269 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: team in the playoffs. Right, Astros had a good roster 270 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: with big names. They got knocked out early. Orioles got 271 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: knocked out early. They've yet to show that they can 272 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: win in the playoffs. And now without Corbyn Burns, who's 273 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: not coming back, it's gonna get even more difficult. Francisco 274 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:29,480 Speaker 1: Oropeza says, go get Bellinger and Nico Horner from the Cubs. 275 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: I agree with that. I like Nico Horner as an 276 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: infielder twenty seven years old. Contact guy. Good defender Devin 277 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 1: with a great point says San Diego got better without Sodo. 278 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: Now they had Jackson Merrill step up and have an 279 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: enormous season. Well, Jason Dominguez be our Jackson Merrill. They 280 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: didn't give him the nickname the Martian for no reason. 281 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: William Flores wants Bellinger, Burns and Bregman. I think you're 282 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: gonna be disappointed. I don't think Bregman is leaving the Astros, 283 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: and a lot of Yankees fan don't want any part 284 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: of Bregman because he was part of that, you know, 285 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 1: that squad from the Astros that cheated. Quite frankly, a 286 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: lot of people wanted Soto back. Katie Herring among them, 287 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: says I wanted Soto to remain with the Yankees, simply said, 288 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: but it doesn't always go the way we want it. 289 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: And Emmanuel Jerman with a four ninety nine super Chat, 290 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 1: appreciate that. Will Els says, make Soto regret his decision absolutely, 291 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: and the Mets are not going to be as competitive 292 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: during this fifteen year period as the Yankees are. The Mets, 293 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,719 Speaker 1: I mean they're up and down. The Yankees are in 294 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 1: it every year almost since nineteen ninety two. I believe 295 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 1: they haven't finished under five hundred. They're always going to 296 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,920 Speaker 1: be good, and believe me, Cashman is on the phone 297 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: right now. Looking at plan B is that they lost 298 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: Willie Adamas to the to the Giants. Willi Adamas would 299 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: have been a nice pickup, but I don't blame him 300 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: for taking one hundred and eighty two million from the Giants. 301 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: Emmanuel says, we need a salary cap in baseball. I 302 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: think you're right. Like quantitative, my math specialist, mister guy 303 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 1: name says, bring us Rokie. Sounds like Roki is going 304 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 1: to the Padres, big U Darvish fan and any team 305 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,680 Speaker 1: can sign him because it only is gonna take five million. 306 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,480 Speaker 1: He's on one of those rookie contracts. But I would 307 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:38,959 Speaker 1: not anticipate Roki coming to the Yankees. And a lot 308 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: of these Japanese players prefer to play on the West Coast. 309 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: I think because it's kind of a shorter trip home. 310 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: When you want to go back to Japan, you don't 311 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,400 Speaker 1: have to fly across of all of North America. Mike 312 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: Perez says the Mets don't have a prayer. Even with Sodo, 313 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: they need pitching. We'll see how much Cohen likes to spend, 314 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,159 Speaker 1: because there's still pitchers out there that he could bid onto. 315 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: We'll see. Tye says, Soto just wanted to continue to 316 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 1: watch Clay Holmes blow saves hikes. Beast Mode says, let's 317 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: be honest, seven hundred and sixty for a great hitter, 318 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: A lot too much, as it turns out too much anyway, 319 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: So a lot of Mets fans gloating, and you guys 320 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: are gonna find out when there's a ball hit deep 321 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: to right that he can't field, and you're gonna find 322 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: out that he gets thrown out on the bases a lot. 323 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: He's a good hitter. He had a career year hitting 324 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: in front of Aaron Judge. Would not shock me if 325 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,360 Speaker 1: he goes back to hitting twenty seven to twenty eight 326 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: home runs with the with the Mets, you know, back 327 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: to two eighty. He gotta hit two thirty a couple 328 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: of years ago. He gets a lot of comparisons to 329 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: Ted Williams. But let's pull up his actual stats, shall 330 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:57,479 Speaker 1: we Baseball Reference. We're gonna pull up his numbers just 331 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 1: a second, hang on, I should have had this ready 332 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: to go, but alas, I was eating oatmeal when the 333 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: news broke. So obviously the great numbers this year, But 334 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: this guy is two years removed from hitting two thirty 335 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 1: six with the Padres. I mean, let's hide partial rows 336 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: here so we can see two forty two overall average 337 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. I mean, that's not seven hundred 338 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: million dollar money. Two seventy five with the Padres. The 339 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: next year thirty five home runs. I expect that kind 340 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: of year with the Mets, which is good, five and 341 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: a half wins, and obviously he benefited a lot from 342 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: hitting in front of Aaron Judge scored one hundred and 343 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:45,400 Speaker 1: twenty eight runs this year, so you know a lot 344 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,240 Speaker 1: of people saying, good writtens to eighty five hitter. Whatever. 345 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna I'm not gonna hate on the guy, 346 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: but once again, he's a bum. In case you're just joining, 347 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: and I see that we have over three thousand, one 348 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: hundred people watching. I'm not sure how many on YouTube. 349 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: In case you're just watching, we have news on Jan Soto. 350 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,439 Speaker 1: He has taken a fifteen year, seven hundred and sixty 351 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: five million dollar deal with the Mets, and that is 352 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: fifty one million dollars per season, seventy five million dollar 353 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 1: signing bonus. So congrats to him, Congrats to the Mets, 354 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: and for me, I'm just going to keep an eye 355 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 1: on the feed and hope that the Yankees can strike 356 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 1: back and make some other news. But obviously it will 357 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: be difficult to top this. I don't think they're going 358 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: to spend seven hundred and sixty million total on contracts. 359 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: The rest of the way. We'll see dom de says, 360 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 1: stop prospect hugging and make some damn trades for some 361 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: proven players. And then Brandon Dillman says, on the plus side, 362 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: the Yankees get a compensation draft pick. Now it's not 363 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 1: a early draft pick, it's not a first round pick 364 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: like it used to be. I think it's later on. 365 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 1: But yes, they will get a draft pick, and the 366 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 1: Yankees have drafted better in recent years. You know, Austin 367 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: Wells draft pick, Aaron Judge draft pick, Anthony Volpi draft pick. 368 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: These are all guys that were on the American League 369 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: Champions this year. So Eclipse Mega Show says, sorry, bro, 370 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: but you're out of your mind. Soto is a once 371 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: in a lifetime player. I don't see why the Yankees 372 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,719 Speaker 1: winning a World Series without him. I mean other you know, 373 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: other teams have won World Series without Juan Soto. The 374 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: Dodgers just did it right a year before that. The 375 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: who won it the year before that. I don't even 376 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: remember the Rangers did it. I mean, look, it's all 377 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: about who's hot in the playoffs, let's be honest. Derek 378 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: Jeter was always right about that. But you can say 379 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: I'm out of here, out of my mind. That's fine, 380 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 1: you can. You can have that opinion. I think the 381 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: Yankees are better off spreading that money around than seven 382 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty. I said early on that I'd be 383 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: shocked if hal Steinbrenner went to six hundred million. So 384 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: kudos to how for driving the price up. He's obviously 385 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,399 Speaker 1: he wanted so too back. But we've got a chance 386 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:11,160 Speaker 1: now too, you know, spread it around and change things 387 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: up a little bit, maybe get some actual baseball players together, 388 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: so you know, it is what it is. Tough night 389 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: if you're a Yankee fan and you were rooting for 390 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 1: Wan Soto to come back. I'm gonna call it a night. 391 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: Tune into foul Territory tomorrow. We'll cover all of this stuff, 392 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: and they might even be going live right now. We'll see, 393 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna call it a night and get some rest, 394 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 1: and hopefully when I wake up, we have some fresh, 395 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 1: fresh baseball news, and hopefully this. 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