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MLB Tonight reacts to Juan Soto’s reported signing with the New York Mets. Don’t forget to subscribe!
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juo to the Mets it’s real $765 million Mark D Roa how do you wrap your brain around he just changed the game for every player that will come after him will to Aspire to be him last year Tom I thought sh he Otani was an outlier cuz he could do both he just got $65 more million to hit it’s amazing we were all blown away by the Otani contract and speaking of Blown Away that’s what Juan sto has just done only a year later to that staggering number that Otani put up you see that 765 $51 million a year with no deferrals I mean listen we said going into this all along we thought that Steve Cohen had a number that was going to be Beyond anybody else the owner the New York Mets and he proved that I I truly believe that he was not going to leave without getting Juan sto no matter where this went there are escalators that could get this over $800 million reportedly Tom how did we get here what were all the factors that were in play to have this number get so dramatically higher than what we originally expected for juano well you have to start with his talent this is a generational Talent the best pure hitter I believe believe in this generation right now in terms of just getting on base working at bats predictable player who’s putting up numbers year after year after year age only 26 years old next season front officers love the fact that he’s just entering his prime so you’re paying him not just on what he’s done which is on the Hall of Fame highway but what he will do and finally above all else it’s the bidding war that happened between the Yankees and the Mets I know there were other teams involved Dodgers Blue Jays Red Sox this came down to Yankees and Mets like we have never seen before Yankees and Mets bidding on a player who played in the 2024 season in New York with the Yankees and guys think about where the Mets were in May of 20124 11 games under 500 I want to get this in real quick mark Feinstein getting details on the Yankees final offer 16 years 760 million um you see fora set 47.5 million aav the Mets offer was $51 Million aav the Red Sox according to Chris catillo bid for soda was 15 years $700 million come on that’s not getting it done I’m kidding I mean that’s unable well you’re right though I mean these teams went beyond their normal comfort zone but Steve Cohen was not going to lose this bidding I think he proved that and those teams have nothing to be ashamed about oh no they were just in against the guy who’s not going to lose and I was about to say Greg you think about where the Mets were 11 games under J Lopez throws his glove in the stands the Mets season is going down the drain early they not only rescued the season but they got into the postseason made a nice run and I think this made the Mets more attractive to woto and it made it easier for Steve Cohen to start to consolidate this team with further Investments 26 years old top of his game only getting better anyone who watched on a nightly basis watched him out of 600 PL some OD plate appearances control 598 of them mindblowing and and I and I agree with you it’s right man right time bidding war power players in the game the Red Sox getting involved the Yankees wanting to keep them but at the end of the day you knew Steve Cohen was in a position with where the Mets were at at and where he is financially that it would be foolish for Scott Boris and Juan sto not to entertain the fact of going back to him and seeing where it’s at congratulations to Juan sto congratulations to every big leager that’s going to sign after him cuz the price of Poker just went up once a player always a player this is landscape changing for our entire Sport and and man hats off to woto I’m I’m buying a plane tonight get a third island like he could dream and crazy dream where we’re going if I’m a Met fan right now this might be the greatest night ever I know we won the World Series I totally get that but this you were always the little brother in New York I don’t care what anyone says it was the Yankees and then the Mets this is such an emotional night for Met fans I’m I didn’t grow up a Met fan know so many of them they took Scotty Pippen away from Michael Jordan he’s our Michael Jordan now I know you think you need him for Michael to win all these championships we’re taking him away well we’re going to pay him more than you pay Michael Jordan well that’s that’s what we can do now yeah and listen I’m old enough to remember when New York was a a national league town with the Mets in the 80s but so is Steve Cohen he remembers those days and he’s trying to get the Mets back to that level and and I do think that they’re very close to doing that and it was easy to convince I think besides the money to woto that this team is not done yeah exactly it’s a really good team right now they’re by no means a finished product there’s going to be more Investments especially into the rotation for me now that you’ve got Wan sto at this number you got to back it up and it’s a historic night for Juan sto no question about it but you see the Red Sox the money’s there the Yankees the money’s there obviously there was other teams the Blue Jays Dodgers in the mix what’s the pivot now for those clubs ooh and when do you start the pivot immediately right immediately I we said this earlier the Yankees had a plan B in place before this decision was made every team has to do their due diligence I think they’re going to move very quickly there’s no question I think the market is really going to fly here in Dallas the next few days but let’s remember one thing wota bet on himself several times the Washington Nationals if you want to go back a few years put hundreds of million dollars on the table no thanks he goes to San Diego then he goes to the Yankees the Yankees wanted to extend him no thanks and look where he sits today a guy who bet on himself in a incred one of the best platform Seasons you will ever see you talking about a clutch player that was a clutch year by a clutch player man if he hits like Aaron judge in October is he agreeing to a $765 million contract as you see turned down 15 years 440 million from the Nationals in 2022 and he was criticized for it criticized I think the biggest thing in what Tom kind of keeps echoing is the fact that we’ve seen one of I’ve talked to Hall of Fame players I was just I was just in Cabo with Chipper Jones and if I asked him who’s the best hitter in the game he’ll sit there and tell you Juan stto the way he controls the bat and he’s 26 years old we haven’t even seen the best version of him and that’s what Stevie Cohen’s expecting I just think the thing that’s interesting to me is the Mets are not a finished product this is not like oh okay we’re winning the World Series kind of stamp our ticket from the national league the Mets are going to represent the national league in the World Series are they even the third best team in the National League will they win their division there’s a long way to go here this winter but I got to believe if Juan sto I I saw this bidding start to develop and you had to be you have to think the New York Mets wanted stto more than the Yankees I’m saying that recognizing the Yankees got out of their comfort zone but when a team you hadn’t played for is putting more money on the table and we saw those numbers on an aav view actually not that close there was separation between the Yankees and the MS it was not razor thin if you’re the player I realized there’s enough money on the table to be happy no matter what but in terms of the Mets stepping up and as you said change the landscape of baseball especially in New York but even nationally now the Mets are now the the East Coast version of the Dodgers which is what Steve Cohen wanted when he bought this team I just I just have to take a step back cuz as a former player played a long time played with some of the games grades I can’t imagine what he’s feeling right now I can’t even process the fact that he gets to sit back with his family tonight and I am worth 34 of a billion doll yeah went to the Washington Nationals Academy as a 15 16y old SS comes over do I mean just hats off to you I mean you just changed the game cuz Otani was an outlier we we had never seen anything like that there was no one really like I get it there’s a couple guys trying to pitch and hit not at that level so it was like the 700 million was okay this guy’s different he’s a global icon he’s selling merchandise in Japan Juan stto is a hitter and he’s one of the great pure hitters we’ve seen I mean he’s putting up at bats we haven’t seen since Barry Bonds yeah right he’s that special what I think is painful for the New York Yankees and I almost hate saying this but I’m going to I believe we will never see a hitter of that magnitude in front of Aaron judge ever again Aaron judge just lost the greatest wingman of his career there’s no question about that um listen I said earlier Aaron judge as great as he was saw more pitches in the strike zone this year than ever before in his career why because he had juano on base so often in front of him the combination the left right the working at bats the lack of Chase worked so well that was historic combination I mean we were looking up numbers that literally put them in the same class as Lou Garrick and Babe Ruth on a one-year basis won’t see that again and you’re right you will not see another left-handed hitter in tandem with Aaron judge like juano it’s that person does not exist right now I still think the New York Yankees can get back to a World Series in the American League without wano I think they could pivot there’s guys out there there’s arms out there there’s Bullpen pieces out there they have they have plenty of holes to fill Padre’s got better without woto didn’t they they W more games didn’t they they did it can be done 765 largest contract by total value we’ve never seen anything like this Soo $765 million to the metch
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