Juan Soto is a New York Met.
He’ll spend the next 15 years in Queens.
Theres so much to talk about in terms of how it impacts this team in 2025.
Does he bat second, in between Lindor and VIentos?
Do the Mets go re-sign Pete and put Soto more in the middle of the lineup around Alonso?
What Mets and MLB records does he break?
Will he take the Mets to the Promised Land and how many times does he do it?
What will the statue look like in Queens?
These are all the questions that we will answer as we head into the future.
Because of one man and one contract.
This city has never seen anything like this.
And the Mets havecertainlynever seen anything like this.
We have lived the worst life a Mets fan can possibly live) - soak it in.
“24 and 1” bullshit.
For every Mets fan who wanted Matt Holliday and had to settle for Jason fucking Bay.
For every Mets fan lived through the Wilpons falling for a goddam Ponzi scheme.
This is our time to finally enjoy our moment in the sunshine.
This changes the trajectory of Mets baseball forever.
But more importantly, this changes the trajectory of New York baseball forever.
Because not only did the Mets get their man..they plucked him right from the Yankees clutches.
But pulling it off when the man was ALREADY ON the New York Yankees???
That is simply unfathomable.
My brain cannot compute.
They’ve never been a threat to go up against the Yankees.
Its never been an arms race between the two like Boston had with the Yankees.
Even when the Mets landed their big names, it was because the Yankees basically allowed them to.
Like there was just NEVER any comparison.
And thats why this contract is a seminal moment in New York Baseball history.
And you’ve got the option to look at it 2 ways.
The first was is that the Mets just had more money and bullied the Yankees financially.
Like if Hal cant find the money for Juan Soto, he’ll never find the money for anybody.
The Mets will always be able to outbid the Yankees forever now.
Or, the other way to look at this, is that the money was pretty comparable.
40 mil aint nothing to sneeze at.
But relatively speaking, these are similar offers.
This is not like when Arod got $252 million to go to Texas.
No, this wasnt that.
$760 million from the Yankees was certainly enough to make Juan Soto consider staying put.
And so I dont know whats worse for Yankees fans.
The Mets bullying the Yankees at the negotiating table.
A better owner, brighter future, better farm, the casino complex, whatever.
The best of the best said I am going to Queens, not the Bronx.
A story line that has dominated NYC baseball for the last 30 years.
Theres no longer a Yankees dynasty, theres no longer Yankees prestige.
The Mets are no longer broke.
They’re no longer a joke.
The gap between the two franchises has been closed.
Thats just a fact based on the ownership, the front office, the approach, the attitude.
One team is overhauling everything and doing everything in their power to get to the Promised Land.
Like this video right here?
A video like this will NEVER happen again.
SNL skits making fun of the Mets saying their needy and less fortunate?
That NEVER happens ever again.
Tonight was the night the inferiority complex can finally be legitimately put to bed.
Now, I understand the irony of saying that while simultaneously writing a blog celebrating this whole saga.
I will forever be battered and jaded and will relish Yankee failure and dream of Mets success.
But the next generation?
The fans coming up now?
Thats all been erased.
The Mets are the fun team.
With all the best players.
And the most money.
And the best owner.
The New York destination, or at the very least an equal destination.
That reality is now upon us.
And its all because of one player, and one man.
The combination of Juan Soto on the field, and Steve Cohen in the owners box.
Changed the entire city with one pen stroke on one sheet of paper.
The mantra has always been “Ya gotta believe” in a bit of an ironic way.
Now, thats no longer the case.
Now, its “Ya gotta believe” simply because you literally have to believe.
It would be stupid not to.
