@@DevinPosey20 Not many who like baseball watch all 100+, but you try for a game in a series at least. I doubt he watches any regular season games, only Yankees playoffs. Among not baseball-specific sport shows only Rich Eisen can keep up with baseball conversation.
@@nolanh1219 Its not COMPLETELY false you acting like they're years apart Yankees pitching with Cole aint that ahead of Mets now without Cole its meh. + Mets had a crazy good pitching staff recent years . But ill give it that its looking better for Yankees pitching in incoming years. They also just signed Maxx Freid
"Life long die-hard Yankees fan" who didn't even know where Soto batted in the lineup this season. Please stop pretending to be a Yankees fan Stephen A.
He's probably a "Yankees fan" by default like myself. I don't watch baseball, I'm just from NY and passed Yankee stadium omw to school everyday as a youngin. So I root for the Yankees by default but I don't actively follow baseball. In fact I will only watch baseball if the Yankees are good and only when they're in the playoffs
Yea and no real Yankee fan would root for the opposing New York team and vise versa. And judge actually played well this post season. Yes he made a big error but he but he answered all the questions offensively . LoL Stephen A is a fool if he thinks his decision was based on judges performance
@@brandonneumann5294 used to be baseball would get tons of coverage and the popular media commentators understood and followed the game. Baseball is no longer a top sport and it's tough to adjust to the new reality
@@philvogel5705 that’s nobody’s fault but baseball. If you want people to follow the game you have to make it more interesting. Then in turn the eyeballs and the media will follow suit. It’s a product. That’s business
Stephen is partially right. Soto wasn't feeling an Aaron, but it wasn't Judge. It was Boone. The culture of the team was all messed up, with players not being held accountable and allowing bad habits and fundamentals to flourish.
Why are people ignoring the fact that he got a 75 million dollar signing bonus with an opt out after year 5 and the Mets can give him an additional 4 million per year for the final 10 years which brings the total to 805 million plus Cohen gave him at suite at Citi Field worth about another 500K, so 805.5 million for 15 years. That's an AAV of 53.7 million for the duration of the deal so let's scrap that he left the Yankees for the Mets over 5 million dollars.
You’re almost 100% correct except that he got the suite and it costs 500K per year so over the course of his contract that suite is worth 7.5M so really his contract will be 812.5M which is an AAV of 54.16M … that’s almost 7M per year difference (don’t do the exact math because it’s a bad number 😬) .. almost 7M per year over the course of 15 years is an insane amount of money to leave on the table (it’s exactly 100M that he would’ve left on the table) and the comfort of knowing your family is taken care of too … BIG DIFFERENCE
@@joejackson9986 Yep. I want Met fans to let us know when Soto hits over 50 HR's and steals over 50 bases in a season like Ohtani. Is Soto also a #1 starting pitcher like Ohtani? Do Mets fans think the total contract for Soto should be more than Judge and Cole combined -lol. Judge has won two AL MVP awards and Cole was 2023 Cy Young award winner. On paper Soto looks great but let's see if those good numbers in 2024 year were due to batting in front of Judge and hitting in friendly hitter's park for a lefty like Yankee Stadium. We shall see soon.
@xaviercarrero It's also being reported he wanted a VIP suite($1mil/yr) which no player has ever received. If that was his dealbreaker, whatever. Might have stemed from an incident from his squad not having clubhouse access. He will be a HOF more than likely, but he won't be in Monument Park next to Ruth, Gherig, Berra, Mantle, Maris, Jackson, Mattingly, Jeter, Judge etc. If there isn't any value in that for him, then he can kick rocks!
I think what the Yankees fans are starting to realize is the whole offense of 2024 was just Soto and Judge(and also Stanton). That was it. The rest of the team on the offensive side was terrible. Now it's just Judge, because Stanton gets injured too much. What do you do now?
They hope Volpe and Wells improve; they are still in their 20's. They hope prospects like Durbin and Dominguez are close to being as good as they expect. They have a full year of Chilsom. I can't imagine they don't make a move for OF or 1B.
Bruh everytime i think who in the hell is still watching baseball...contracts like this are signed. MLB is doing just fine 😂 gonna have a billion dollar athlete in 7 years or so.
Is the only sport in which arbitration forces team to pay the players market value. Contracts in baseball is not only for your talents but also comes with the revenue the team will make for their sale of your name in media and merchandise. Might seem like a lot. However if you only knew the money these teams make with popular players. 750million prob not even half of what they make in revenue.
I’m convinced these people don’t watch games and are current with the baseball climate. Mets are balling and exciting. I’ll take a step further to say that CitiField is even better than Yankees Stadium. This coming from a Yankees fan. Cut the prestige BS. That’s the past! Yankees needed work to be done for a while now.
Any Yankees fan that doesn't think losing Soto is a disaster is kidding themselves. As of now the Yankees look like a moribund franchise and the Mets look like the new King of New York.
Wow what an overpay! For that money the Yankees can sign Max, Corbin, Christian Walker and Bregamn. One guy wont win you championships in baseball. Its all about playing tetris and putting together the right core. Imagine the Yankees pitching rotation being: 1. Gerrit Cole 2. Corbin Burnes 3. Max Fried 4. Carlos Rodon 5. Luis Gil Followed by a lineup consisting of: 1. Jazz Chisholm jr (2nd base) 2. Jaason Dominguez (CF) 3. Aaron Judge (RF) 4. Giancarlo Stanton (DH) 5. Alex Bregam (3rd base) 6. Christian Walker (1st base) 7. Anthony Volpe (SS) 8. Austin Wells (Catcher) 9. Oswaldo Cabrera (LF) Now, that's a lineup I would choose to make a deep run! I would choose them four guys on my team over that Soto contract ANYDAY of the week.
I don’t think you understand that Yanks can’t afford all those guys. It’s $51 mil for 2025 they couldn’t afford and yeah they can spread money around but Fried just got 27.5 for 2025 they MIGHT be able to sign one of those other guys and have little to zero money left on the rest of the many holes of the roster
@xavieralvarez5129 they can afford them guys though lol there the Yankees dude. EVERYONE of the MLB owners are billionaires and there's no salary cap in baseball (hence the Dodgers). If you take the 760 million they were prepared to spend on ONE DUDE, then yeah they could get almost all them players. Given his age, Walker would come cheapish/on minimum years, and Bregman would command a price within reach for them. Trade Nestor or Marcus, along with another prospect not named Jaason Dominguez to get a solid relief and their in business.
fact is mets got a guy who cant field has a weak arm, cant run bases but he can hit and u are paying him how much? and he isnt hitting in front of aron judge anymore
It's not just 5M more its closer to 50M more with a year less. The Mets offered him 800M total if incentives are met. If the years were the same his contract would be 853M while the Yankees offered him 760M and that's not even including the signing bonus. Its closer to 100M difference. Soto got paid more to be in New York and gets to be the number 1 guy on the Mets instead of being the number 2 guy on the Yankees. I'm not shocked at all he went to the Mets
Yankees tried to add an extra year (16) and couldn't beat the Mets offer. Soto might get up to 800 MM with the Mets. Do not pretend you dont know that.
The Yanks wanted to pay him US$47.5M/year, but the Mets offered him US$51M/year before escalators kick in. There's the math lesson the panel didn't really cover.
Soto played half a season he doesn’t owe anybody nothing and he got traded to be a rental player he picked the team that he wants to play for that’s it the Yankees are the little brothers. Now they got swept in the subway series past season.
for only "5 millions dollars" nothing more deceiving than that... He's getting 5 millions extra, he's also getting a massive signing bonus, he's also getting an extra 5 millions per year after 5 years, he's also getting a suite for his family and yes you could! argue that's not important but when you show ME you care about my family you already won my fcking heart! if all goes well! he's getting 805 millions by the end of his contract.. It's not just "5 millions"...
One of Stephen A's more coherent takes until he got to the part where he started wildly speculating on the Soto/Judge situation. It will eventually come out that Soto was just more interested in the Mets because of the organizational direction and how willing they were to provide him with what he asked for.
The Mets have a good team & they have a good farm system. They have more money to spend than the Yankees too. The Mets swept the Yankees last year & the Mets took the Dodgers 6 games the Yankees took them 5. The Mets might have the best GM in baseball, the best owner, the best better minor league system & the better future. Don’t understand the female & what she can’t figure out. The Mets give Soto a better chance at winning the World Series then the Yankees do & Shanon talks Dodgers when the Mets are not done putting together there team for the 2025 season. The Mets are a move away from being favorites in the entire league.
You sound Super Delusional how can you say that with a Straight face? The Mets, almost missed The playoffs too, If it wasn't because they got hot at the right time. The Mets also got blown out the times they lost to The Dodgers in The NLDS. Yankees didn't. The Mets, also haven't won since VCR was The New Craze in '86. The Mets have made Awful moves by OVER PAYING players that end playing like 💩. The Mets also think they're better than The Yankees because of a regular season win. But let it be Yankee fans saying that and You'd will all say "Regular season's doesn't matter.
@@jessygarciThe Mets got blown out by the Dodgers because their entire end of the regular season+postseason journey consisted of traveling across the entire country almost every (other) day, with very little rest and downtime between series. The Yankees had no such schedule or travel times. The Mets went from Milwaukee to Atlanta, back to Milwaukee, to Philadelphia to New York, then to LA, back to Mew York, then back to LA. All the span of like 2-3 weeks. The team was exhausted and didn’t have downtime to rest up and refresh. It’s a miracle they got as far as they did. And even with that, the Mets went 2-4 against the Dodgers while the Yankees only put up one win and the single most embarrassing inning of defense in the World Series, maybe ever😂 Also still swept the Yankees 4-0 this season, including getting like 10+ HR off Cole in two games. If the Mets won the NLCS, the Yankees still would’ve ate shit😂
All in all Yankees and Mets suck ass. Dodgers all day everyday! Hopefully we see you guys next October so we can crush your dreams again…back2back loooadddddingggggg 😎
Dodgers outscored the Mets in the 4 games they won in NLCS 37-7 and were shutout in 2 games. The Mets have no pitching. They are trying to make former Yankee leader in blown saves Clay Holmes a starter. They are so desperate they signed Frankie Montas to a two-year deal. Severino left them to pitch for the A's - OMG. Do you know if Alonso will sign with the Mets, I doubt it. Good luck Juan competing with the Dodgers -lol.
Stephen A, stop that catty nonsense. Soto and Judge had zero beef. Sorry Stephen A: Nobody wants to play for the Yankees anymore. They're run by stooges.
How can it be devastating ? Soto was here for a year He took the best offer Now if it were Aaron Judge then that would be devastating I think the Yankees should sign Alonso Also get a real lead off hitter Alonso Judge and Stanton Now that would be devastating I think!
Nobody ever talks about F1 contracts but Max Verstappen make 75 million a year from Red Bull, Lewis make 57 million from merc. That just driver salary.
Stephie is Right, Cohen has Money, Great man in D. Stearns, 1 of Smartest GM's in MLB, Charlie Mendoza a Good Manager, Younger, More Athletic, better Farm, etc.
I must say, Stephen A. Smith, well done on your composure. For me, I genuinely appreciate this side of you. I was hesitant to watch, but yes, thanks for just being cool with it. If that makes sense 😊
You all keep saying it’s just a $5 million difference, but it’s actually closer to $100 million! The Yankees were offering $760 million for 16 years, while the Mets’ offer is $765 million for 15 years, with the chance to push it up to about $800 million if he opts out. Get your facts straight! No wonder he didn’t want to stay a Yankee-you can’t even get the numbers right!
As a Yankees fan I’m obviously not happy that Soto went to the Mets but I look at it this way. The Yankees now have money to spend on other players. They just signed Max Fried minutes ago to an 8 year 218 million dollar contract. They will be making more moves.
I think Hal needs to be more like George. Not only with the business side but the relationship side with the players. That may have clinched the deal with Soto if Hal was more like George.
My opinion may be unpopular, but I'm glad the Yankees didn't retain Soto at that price. The Yankees have a lot of needs, and all that money, as great as he is, was just too much. The Yankees need better contact hitters throughout the lineup, rather than a two-man lineup. Cashman has work to do, but I'm confident that he is fired up to do whatever is necessary.
Stephen A Smith is going to say with a straight face on National TV that the Mets have better pitching than the Yankees??? I'm a Mets fan and their three best pitchers from last year are all free agents (with Severino signing with the A's). C'mon bro and I'm a Mets fan. Tell us you don't watch baseball without telling us.
According to Smith "we're gonna find out that (the reason Juan Soto left was) Juan Soto wasn't feeling Aaron Judge". While it's entirely *possible* that that is the reason, do you seriously think that, after pissing off Yankee nation to the degree he already has, that Soto's then going verbalize something like that? If he did, he'd have the biggest balls on the planet. Looking forward to Mets/Yanks games this season!
Stephen A Smith said that the Mets have a better pitching than the Yankees. Hell noh! The pitching is the problem for the Mets . What are u talking about man. Its all about the money for Soto. Thats it.💯💵
The sickening thing about this deal is the AMOUNT of money given to an individual to play this game!!! If you think that La a lot of money, what do you think the owners make???!!!!
These people are so clueless… he signed for 45M more, a suite for his family to watch the games, and he is a Florida resident so he isn’t getting his income taxed … plus the Mets have the better farm system (meaning better future or better prospects that can be flipped for more stars), better lineup, better owner, better GM/President, better coaching, and a much more fun atmosphere… lastly people are forgetting how good Soto plays in Citi Field… his numbers there are insane and now he gets to play 81 games a year there 😂😂 … again they’re clueless crybabies
Bro gonna pretend like he watches games LMAOOOOOO
He probably does just not 100+ games
@@DevinPosey20 Not many who like baseball watch all 100+, but you try for a game in a series at least. I doubt he watches any regular season games, only Yankees playoffs. Among not baseball-specific sport shows only Rich Eisen can keep up with baseball conversation.
He said nothing wrong tho? Tell us what did he say that was wrong
@@zozoridgenal7894he said the mets have better pitching which is completely false😭😭
@@nolanh1219 Its not COMPLETELY false you acting like they're years apart Yankees pitching with Cole aint that ahead of Mets now without Cole its meh.
+ Mets had a crazy good pitching staff recent years . But ill give it that its looking better for Yankees pitching in incoming years. They also just signed Maxx Freid
Stephen A Smith talking baseball is like taking advice from a chicken on how to drive stick shift.
^ THIS. LMAO "Lifelong diehard Yankees fan"
Good one😂 as soon as I realize he is in the video, I skip.
Bro doesn’t even know sports!
You took words out of my mouth
Spot on.
"Life long die-hard Yankees fan" who didn't even know where Soto batted in the lineup this season. Please stop pretending to be a Yankees fan Stephen A.
Obviously it was in front of judge.
He's probably a "Yankees fan" by default like myself. I don't watch baseball, I'm just from NY and passed Yankee stadium omw to school everyday as a youngin. So I root for the Yankees by default but I don't actively follow baseball. In fact I will only watch baseball if the Yankees are good and only when they're in the playoffs
Yea and no real Yankee fan would root for the opposing New York team and vise versa. And judge actually played well this post season. Yes he made a big error but he but he answered all the questions offensively . LoL Stephen A is a fool if he thinks his decision was based on judges performance
@@AJice1980Aaron Judge did NOT play well this postseason. For a guy of his caliber he was extremely subpar
@@AJice1980 did you watch the postseason? He was awful.. his slump in the WS was the biggest story of the series, behind Freeman raking
Does Molly ever shut up while they're trying to talk?
No.
That’s the only reason I don’t watch the show as much as I used to when Shannon first joined.
@@MJreacts2K shes coasting on her looks but even thats getting old.
Nope
Yep always interrupted the conversation
Keep Molly and SAS away from Baseball please and thank you
@leothehero4629 yeah their "forte" is NBA basketball & NFL football, anything else they are out of their element.
@leothehero4629 Molly, Stephen AND Shannon ..... can someone PLEASE delete them
I wish ESPN would stop pretending that First Take cares about anything other than the NFL and the NBA.
No the Dallas cowboys is all they talk about
You complain when they don’t have baseball topics then complain when they do
@@brandonneumann5294 used to be baseball would get tons of coverage and the popular media commentators understood and followed the game. Baseball is no longer a top sport and it's tough to adjust to the new reality
@@philvogel5705 that’s nobody’s fault but baseball. If you want people to follow the game you have to make it more interesting. Then in turn the eyeballs and the media will follow suit. It’s a product. That’s business
don’t forget WNBA
Just $5M short. LOL, ESPN wants to omit that clause in Soto's contract that could take it up to $800M.
Exactly. That opt out clause kicks in an extra $40M. It's almost $50M for one less year.
50M short the way the contract is. Soto is getting almost 800M with Mets
In one less year as well
and a 75 million dollar signing bonus
Also one more year on the yanks deal so less AAV
Watching Mad Dog and Stephen A crying about Soto is hilarious lol.
The Mets do not have better pitching than the Yankees lmaoooo
yeah and it's not even close
Stephen is partially right. Soto wasn't feeling an Aaron, but it wasn't Judge. It was Boone. The culture of the team was all messed up, with players not being held accountable and allowing bad habits and fundamentals to flourish.
GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT BS ON HIM NOT FEELING JUDGE. LMAO.
Dam with all that still got to the world series lol man get out of here
Why are people ignoring the fact that he got a 75 million dollar signing bonus with an opt out after year 5 and the Mets can give him an additional 4 million per year for the final 10 years which brings the total to 805 million plus Cohen gave him at suite at Citi Field worth about another 500K, so 805.5 million for 15 years. That's an AAV of 53.7 million for the duration of the deal so let's scrap that he left the Yankees for the Mets over 5 million dollars.
Well said
You’re almost 100% correct except that he got the suite and it costs 500K per year so over the course of his contract that suite is worth 7.5M so really his contract will be 812.5M which is an AAV of 54.16M … that’s almost 7M per year difference (don’t do the exact math because it’s a bad number 😬) .. almost 7M per year over the course of 15 years is an insane amount of money to leave on the table (it’s exactly 100M that he would’ve left on the table) and the comfort of knowing your family is taken care of too … BIG DIFFERENCE
@joshuabatista1340 I stand corrected. Point being it's more than just a 5 million dollar difference which is all I'm hearing being reported.
There's a new sheriff in town and his name is Steve Cohen.
Mr Insider Trader himself
All hail King Cohen 😅😅
Mr I overpaid for a one-way player with horrible defense?
@@joejackson9986 Yep. I want Met fans to let us know when Soto hits over 50 HR's and steals over 50 bases in a season like Ohtani. Is Soto also a #1 starting pitcher like Ohtani? Do Mets fans think the total contract for Soto should be more than Judge and Cole combined -lol. Judge has won two AL MVP awards and Cole was 2023 Cy Young award winner. On paper Soto looks great but let's see if those good numbers in 2024 year were due to batting in front of Judge and hitting in friendly hitter's park for a lefty like Yankee Stadium. We shall see soon.
I believe is the dodgers! The rule at the moment is
Soto won a ring in Washington and still left
He got traded
@@ishottheserf6715 well he didn’t wanna be there anymore I mean they offered him 400M
@@lacosa24x450 for 15! And now he got 800 for the same 15! 😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴
@@lacosa24x ya cuz they were ass
Say you’re a casual without saying it. People like need to stop pretending they know sports.
The Yankees offer isn’t a 5m difference. It’s 40m+ with one less year.
Hes not making 40 mill at age 42 in that extra year
Plus the bonus
@@xaviercarrero5467 and the fact they can throw another 4m every year after 5 years to keep him.
Insane they keep talking about the 5m
@xaviercarrero It's also being reported he wanted a VIP suite($1mil/yr) which no player has ever received. If that was his dealbreaker, whatever. Might have stemed from an incident from his squad not having clubhouse access. He will be a HOF more than likely, but he won't be in Monument Park next to Ruth, Gherig, Berra, Mantle, Maris, Jackson, Mattingly, Jeter, Judge etc. If there isn't any value in that for him, then he can kick rocks!
These people get paid to talk about stuff they know nothing about 😂.
Where are they even getting it’s only $5 million? 🤦🏽♂️
I think what the Yankees fans are starting to realize is the whole offense of 2024 was just Soto and Judge(and also Stanton). That was it. The rest of the team on the offensive side was terrible. Now it's just Judge, because Stanton gets injured too much. What do you do now?
They hope Volpe and Wells improve; they are still in their 20's. They hope prospects like Durbin and Dominguez are close to being as good as they expect. They have a full year of Chilsom. I can't imagine they don't make a move for OF or 1B.
Bruh everytime i think who in the hell is still watching baseball...contracts like this are signed. MLB is doing just fine 😂 gonna have a billion dollar athlete in 7 years or so.
Is the only sport in which arbitration forces team to pay the players market value. Contracts in baseball is not only for your talents but also comes with the revenue the team will make for their sale of your name in media and merchandise. Might seem like a lot. However if you only knew the money these teams make with popular players. 750million prob not even half of what they make in revenue.
Best union period on this continent. 💯
‘The Mets have better pitching than the Yankees?’ ‘Soto Doesn’t like Judge?’ 😂 Stephen A doesn’t watch Baseball lmao
3.96 staff ERA for the Mets, 4.35 for the Yankees. Sounds better to me.
I’m convinced these people don’t watch games and are current with the baseball climate. Mets are balling and exciting. I’ll take a step further to say that CitiField is even better than Yankees Stadium. This coming from a Yankees fan. Cut the prestige BS. That’s the past! Yankees needed work to be done for a while now.
Any Yankees fan that doesn't think losing Soto is a disaster is kidding themselves. As of now the Yankees look like a moribund franchise and the Mets look like the new King of New York.
I'm a Stephan A fan but when it comes to baseball he's truly just a fan lol
Wow what an overpay! For that money the Yankees can sign Max, Corbin, Christian Walker and Bregamn. One guy wont win you championships in baseball. Its all about playing tetris and putting together the right core. Imagine the Yankees pitching rotation being:
1. Gerrit Cole
2. Corbin Burnes
3. Max Fried
4. Carlos Rodon
5. Luis Gil
Followed by a lineup consisting of:
1. Jazz Chisholm jr (2nd base)
2. Jaason Dominguez (CF)
3. Aaron Judge (RF)
4. Giancarlo Stanton (DH)
5. Alex Bregam (3rd base)
6. Christian Walker (1st base)
7. Anthony Volpe (SS)
8. Austin Wells (Catcher)
9. Oswaldo Cabrera (LF)
Now, that's a lineup I would choose to make a deep run! I would choose them four guys on my team over that Soto contract ANYDAY of the week.
Brian Cashman: "playing tetris and putting together the right core" since 2009. All Rise!
I don’t think you understand that Yanks can’t afford all those guys. It’s $51 mil for 2025 they couldn’t afford and yeah they can spread money around but Fried just got 27.5 for 2025 they MIGHT be able to sign one of those other guys and have little to zero money left on the rest of the many holes of the roster
Yankees offered $47M a year to Soto. They just gave Max $27M a year. Guess what? There's only $20M left. They're NOT getting all those guys. Lmao
@xavieralvarez5129 they can afford them guys though lol there the Yankees dude. EVERYONE of the MLB owners are billionaires and there's no salary cap in baseball (hence the Dodgers). If you take the 760 million they were prepared to spend on ONE DUDE, then yeah they could get almost all them players. Given his age, Walker would come cheapish/on minimum years, and Bregman would command a price within reach for them. Trade Nestor or Marcus, along with another prospect not named Jaason Dominguez to get a solid relief and their in business.
Yankees fans are salty af 😂
@tarikmcentire9238 Most of them are.. I'm Not... I knew we wouldn't Keep Soto the Day we TRADED for him and No Extension came with it.
fact is mets got a guy who cant field has a weak arm, cant run bases but he can hit and u are paying him how much? and he isnt hitting in front of aron judge anymore
Definitely
Im a Mets fan.. And we got better pitching? Lmaooooo Stephen A. forgot to study before this segment 😂
We have a broken Kodai Senga and David Peterson.
Let's go Mets!
*Fun Fact:* Their owner, Steve Cohen, got busted by the SEC for insider trading. Who’d have thought his last name was so fitting?
That's the reason why he didn't buy the Dodgers. His firm was under investigation when the Dodgers were up for sale.
It's not just 5M more its closer to 50M more with a year less. The Mets offered him 800M total if incentives are met. If the years were the same his contract would be 853M while the Yankees offered him 760M and that's not even including the signing bonus. Its closer to 100M difference. Soto got paid more to be in New York and gets to be the number 1 guy on the Mets instead of being the number 2 guy on the Yankees. I'm not shocked at all he went to the Mets
Orange and Blue Skies, MF!!! Loving all of these Queens Yankees fans crashing out.
And given the local he should really be a Mets fan 🙄
Clay Holmes will save you
Ffff the history it's the money
Yankees tried to add an extra year (16) and couldn't beat the Mets offer. Soto might get up to 800 MM with the Mets. Do not pretend you dont know that.
The Yanks wanted to pay him US$47.5M/year, but the Mets offered him US$51M/year before escalators kick in. There's the math lesson the panel didn't really cover.
It's not a 5m difference. The Mets offer is 765 over 15. The Yankees was 760 over 16 years.
And the Mets deal will become 805 because AAV for seasons 6-15 needs to be increases by 4 million or Soto becomes a free agent
Soto played half a season he doesn’t owe anybody nothing and he got traded to be a rental player he picked the team that he wants to play for that’s it the Yankees are the little brothers. Now they got swept in the subway series past season.
Half a season?
@ my bad full season which still doesn’t change anything
@ he was a rental
I'm sorry, he did not say they got better pitching then the yanks 😭
literally has no clue
Is not 5mil for the love of God, it’s 55 mil 🤦♂️ , yankees offered 16 years , Mets 15
Thats Not how the maths work
Alonso, Judge and Stanton equals 450 strikeouts
... and 150 games on the IL. All Rise!
@@MichaelWay-c9j yup, without a doubt
for only "5 millions dollars" nothing more deceiving than that... He's getting 5 millions extra, he's also getting a massive signing bonus, he's also getting an extra 5 millions per year after 5 years, he's also getting a suite for his family and yes you could! argue that's not important but when you show ME you care about my family you already won my fcking heart! if all goes well! he's getting 805 millions by the end of his contract.. It's not just "5 millions"...
exactly........it was the money and alwys was with SOTO......The money!!!
One of Stephen A's more coherent takes until he got to the part where he started wildly speculating on the Soto/Judge situation. It will eventually come out that Soto was just more interested in the Mets because of the organizational direction and how willing they were to provide him with what he asked for.
Judge publicly stated he was going to give Soto space.. What? Something doesnt sound right
"Stephen! . . . WHOOOOO WILL BE THE ''FIRST'' TO SIGN A ''BILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT??"
The Mets have a good team & they have a good farm system. They have more money to spend than the Yankees too. The Mets swept the Yankees last year & the Mets took the Dodgers 6 games the Yankees took them 5. The Mets might have the best GM in baseball, the best owner, the best better minor league system & the better future. Don’t understand the female & what she can’t figure out. The Mets give Soto a better chance at winning the World Series then the Yankees do & Shanon talks Dodgers when the Mets are not done putting together there team for the 2025 season. The Mets are a move away from being favorites in the entire league.
You sound Super Delusional how can you say that with a Straight face? The Mets, almost missed The playoffs too, If it wasn't because they got hot at the right time. The Mets also got blown out the times they lost to The Dodgers in The NLDS. Yankees didn't. The Mets, also haven't won since VCR was The New Craze in '86. The Mets have made Awful moves by OVER PAYING players that end playing like 💩. The Mets also think they're better than The Yankees because of a regular season win. But let it be Yankee fans saying that and You'd will all say "Regular season's doesn't matter.
@@jessygarcithe Yankees did nothing in the playoffs other than beat up on terrible Al teams and then got exposed as frauds by dodgers
@@jessygarciThe Mets got blown out by the Dodgers because their entire end of the regular season+postseason journey consisted of traveling across the entire country almost every (other) day, with very little rest and downtime between series. The Yankees had no such schedule or travel times. The Mets went from Milwaukee to Atlanta, back to Milwaukee, to Philadelphia to New York, then to LA, back to Mew York, then back to LA. All the span of like 2-3 weeks.
The team was exhausted and didn’t have downtime to rest up and refresh. It’s a miracle they got as far as they did.
And even with that, the Mets went 2-4 against the Dodgers while the Yankees only put up one win and the single most embarrassing inning of defense in the World Series, maybe ever😂 Also still swept the Yankees 4-0 this season, including getting like 10+ HR off Cole in two games. If the Mets won the NLCS, the Yankees still would’ve ate shit😂
All in all Yankees and Mets suck ass.
Dodgers all day everyday! Hopefully we see you guys next October so we can crush your dreams again…back2back loooadddddingggggg 😎
Dodgers outscored the Mets in the 4 games they won in NLCS 37-7 and were shutout in 2 games. The Mets have no pitching. They are trying to make former Yankee leader in blown saves Clay Holmes a starter. They are so desperate they signed Frankie Montas to a two-year deal. Severino left them to pitch for the A's - OMG. Do you know if Alonso will sign with the Mets, I doubt it. Good luck Juan competing with the Dodgers -lol.
Does anyone actually watch ESPN?
Wait wait wait. Did he just say the Mets have better pitching than the Yankees? hahaha Stick to talking about basketball Stephen A.
Get over it... he was only there 1 year. It's not like the Mets took Judge away from them
I totally agree on the judge angle.
Mets are the New Kings of New York!!!
Yeah, They said that about The Nets when they got K.D too.
@@jessygarcidifference is Mets just made the nlcs, nets were first round exits
U need to win first
@@sccdddf1595the nets made the second round in 2021
well no
First take talking about baseball 🤣
Left him out in the rain 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mets have to bring back Alonso
@AmazingGuy13 I think he'll be a Yankee.. I smell Desperation from My Yankees on this One🤣😂
Stephen A, stop that catty nonsense. Soto and Judge had zero beef. Sorry Stephen A: Nobody wants to play for the Yankees anymore. They're run by stooges.
"Fair weathered step child" Coping so hard he can't speak english. LMAO.
Steve Cohen is the New George Steinbrenner.
How can it be devastating ?
Soto was here for a year
He took the best offer
Now if it were Aaron Judge then that would be devastating
I think the Yankees should sign Alonso
Also get a real lead off hitter
Alonso Judge and Stanton
Now that would be devastating I think!
What is devestating is that $40 million Judge is a .200 playoff hitter.
Smith is right.
NYY gave up Michael King for 1 year of Soto. I think that is truly the devastation.
@ And Soto helped get them to a World Series
King was not going to do that.
@ I’ll take Judge over Soto any time.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Mets taking over and own New York #LFGM OMG
It's not the Yankees fought It's da Mets owner fought when the Greatest rapper of all times Nas told him if he didn't sign Soto he's leaving Queens 🤣
Coming from a Rapper BORN n Brooklyn🤣😂😂🤣
@antmc84 🤣
Could be Carl Crawford part 2 blessing in disguise
Steven A Smith talking baseball is like me talking Quantum Mechanics
Nobody ever talks about F1 contracts but Max Verstappen make 75 million a year from Red Bull, Lewis make 57 million from merc. That just driver salary.
The Yankees got Molly Wopped...🏟⚾️
Stephie is Right, Cohen has Money, Great man in D. Stearns, 1 of Smartest GM's in MLB, Charlie Mendoza a Good Manager, Younger, More Athletic, better Farm, etc.
Can't wait to watch Soto and lindor ...oh man oh baby LETS GOOOO
I like people with Merrit. I hate to see DEI Hires. DEI (Did NOT Earn It !.!.!)
It's a new day, when the Yankees are second rate, a cut below, not good enough to sign with, for $760M
What a blow
Stephen A made sure to do his research for this one well said.
If only first take would talk about baseball more throughout the year
I must say, Stephen A. Smith, well done on your composure. For me, I genuinely appreciate this side of you. I was hesitant to watch, but yes, thanks for just being cool with it. If that makes sense 😊
Is this same thing as kd and kyrie going to the nets a d not the knicks? 😂
Diehard fan 😆 🤣 😂
We gotta stop making opinions on somebody's decision. Soto is a grown man. Best of luck
Clearly math is not a strongsuit for this show...its more than $5 million dollars. It's one less extra year, how is that $5mils lol
Exactly what I was thinking they need a calculator on this show
Stephen A Smith thought Hank Steinbrenner was still alive about a year ago whenever he’d rant “HANK AND HAL” Stephen A knows so little about baseball
See this is what a lot of people not talking about 16 years 46 million a year
15 years 51 million a year
Crazy Soto said "I can't live getting stomped by the dodgers only 1 or twice a year, I need more!" 😮😮 #ripsotospostseason
You all keep saying it’s just a $5 million difference, but it’s actually closer to $100 million! The Yankees were offering $760 million for 16 years, while the Mets’ offer is $765 million for 15 years, with the chance to push it up to about $800 million if he opts out. Get your facts straight! No wonder he didn’t want to stay a Yankee-you can’t even get the numbers right!
Bro it's not just 5 million. The deal has the potential to go up to 800 mil. The Yankees didn't offer that now did they.
@ oh of course. But it annoys me that they act like the deals were basically the same. Because they were not.
"They have better pitching than the Yankees" WHAT LMAO
Ain’t little brother 💯💯💯we coming
I don't agree with Steven A on most things but i do agree with him saying soto didn't really feel playing with judge.
As a Yankees fan I’m obviously not happy that Soto went to the Mets but I look at it this way. The Yankees now have money to spend on other players. They just signed Max Fried minutes ago to an 8 year 218 million dollar contract. They will be making more moves.
Soto was the only one trying to get the team hyped when they made a good play..
I think Hal needs to be more like George. Not only with the business side but the relationship side with the players. That may have clinched the deal with Soto if Hal was more like George.
Mets have a better farm system, richer owner, more young stars. Who would you rather play with, Vientos or Volpe?
The Yankees dodged a bullet. The big loss, was the silly trade to get Soto.
My opinion may be unpopular, but I'm glad the Yankees didn't retain Soto at that price. The Yankees have a lot of needs, and all that money, as great as he is, was just too much. The Yankees need better contact hitters throughout the lineup, rather than a two-man lineup. Cashman has work to do, but I'm confident that he is fired up to do whatever is necessary.
it’s hilarious when people in the comments know more than the “analysts”😂😂
I did not know that the Yankees were only $5Mil short of what the Mets offered Soto, Soto you sick balls
Stephen A Smith is going to say with a straight face on National TV that the Mets have better pitching than the Yankees??? I'm a Mets fan and their three best pitchers from last year are all free agents (with Severino signing with the A's). C'mon bro and I'm a Mets fan. Tell us you don't watch baseball without telling us.
Soto prolly left cause Judge crumbled like a cookie under pressure. We have a track record of this already.
According to Smith "we're gonna find out that (the reason Juan Soto left was) Juan Soto wasn't feeling Aaron Judge".
While it's entirely *possible* that that is the reason, do you seriously think that, after pissing off Yankee nation to the degree he already has, that Soto's then going verbalize something like that? If he did, he'd have the biggest balls on the planet. Looking forward to Mets/Yanks games this season!
Stephen A Smith said that the Mets have a better pitching than the Yankees. Hell noh! The pitching is the problem for the Mets . What are u talking about man. Its all about the money for Soto. Thats it.💯💵
What people don't realize is maybe Soto didn't want to be second fiddle to Judge .. maybe want to be "the man " with the Mets
As a Yankee lifelong fan we dodged a bullet thank god. Now let’s fill all those other holes we have
Juan Soto will do what Mike Piazza couldn't
The sickening thing about this deal is the AMOUNT of money given to an individual to play this game!!! If you think that La a lot of money, what do you think the owners make???!!!!
Cashman should never regret. Its not like they didt try to get him. They did what could. Its just Soto needed that extra 5 million so bad.
First Take knows baseball like I know the inner workings of quantum physics as they pertain to the formation of black holes throughout our vast galaxy
Money talks, BS walks.
He's right. Juan Soto could tell Aaron Judge isn't a winner. Definitely not a Yankee Captain..
baseball and boxing topic are when max is needed😔
as a mets fan, im elated. saw this coming. now i hope they keep pete alonzo..
Everyone acting like Soto played with the Yankees all his life 🤦🏻♂️😂
Bro do your research. Judge ain’t the reason why he left. Judge and Soto had a great relationship.
He just said the Mets have better starting pitching than the Yankees 😂😂😂
These people are so clueless… he signed for 45M more, a suite for his family to watch the games, and he is a Florida resident so he isn’t getting his income taxed … plus the Mets have the better farm system (meaning better future or better prospects that can be flipped for more stars), better lineup, better owner, better GM/President, better coaching, and a much more fun atmosphere… lastly people are forgetting how good Soto plays in Citi Field… his numbers there are insane and now he gets to play 81 games a year there 😂😂 … again they’re clueless crybabies
Soto doesn’t care about the Yankees and the history Juan Soto liked the Mets better