We’re 36 hours following the aftermath of Juan Soto signing with the New York Mets.
Not sure what stage of grief I’m currently in, but it’s certainly not a good one.
Again, it’s greatly helped that I haven’t encountered Meek Phil or Chris Klemmer.
In a dream world I never see them again.
Nevertheless, it’s time to move on.
Okay, almost time.
A simple one instance misunderstanding that surely had no impact on which team he signed.
There’s also now this suite situation that everyone is attempting to make into a big deal.
The Yankees shouldnt be faulted for bidding a whopping $760M, but they wouldnt budge on the suite.
They were willing to discount a suite but not alter their precedent.
Cohen didnt give the suite much of a thought.
When he has his eyes on a prize, he is singularly focused.
Something the organization didn’t do for Jeter or Judge or anybody.
Yep, that was it.
No, it was the suite.
What this came down to was two-fold 1) money, a lot of it.
An amount that Cohen refused to be outbid on.
He was always going to top price between the New York teams.
If Hal went to $775M, Steve was going to $815M.
- Constant future investment in the team.
Soto believed that the Cohen-Stearns duo would not rest as they built a championship team.
Hal-Cashman cannot be relied upon for that equal motivation and determination.
One team cares about the luxury tax, the other doesn’t even know it exists.
Those are your reasons, not a suite.
And this isn’t sour grapes.
He didn’t owe the Yankees anything.
He was here for one season, there’s no loyalty here.
At the end of the day the man wanted top dollar and nothing else.
He’s a mercenary.
A cold-blooded killer who didn’t care whether the fans constantly chanted his name.
It was all about cold hard cash.
Now if you’re the Yankees, go trade for Kyle Tucker.
That’s how good Tucker is.
Do you fire off the risk of the same thing happening?
No doubt, but Cole and Judge aren’t getting any younger.
It’s a risk you have to take and hope you’re able to extend him.
The trade is a pipe dream at best, but there’s noise out there.
Do whatever you’ve got the option to to make it happen.
