Is there anyone off limits on the Yankees for a
potential Juan Soto trade? So I think the only
guy who would fit that description to me, I'm
not including Aaron Judge. I'm not including Garrett Cole
. Obviously, they're not getting traded. Anthony Volpe
would be the one guy I want as a part
of the fabric for the Yankees. He's the shortstop
. He's a gold glove finalist. He showed me
a lot of good things as a rookie outside of
that though. You can have b as far as
I'm concerned and that even includes Jason Dominguez. Look
in a perfect world for the Yankees. I'm keeping
Dominguez. He's my center fielder and then Aaron Judge
in Juan Soto is my outfield for the next decade
or 567 years, whatever the case may be,
but this is such a special talent. He's an
on base machine, he's a power machine. We
talk all the time. The Yankees needing left-handed bats
, he's got a swing that's tailor made for Yankee
Stadium. He does everything as a player. That's
how important it is to me. Sal I want
this guy on the Yankees, whatever it takes outside
of Opie I'm adding Holmes. I want the Yankees
to keep Clay Holmes and Holmes didn't expect you to
go there. By the way, the Yankees need
their bullpen arms. They're gonna have Garrett Cole.
Then what? In the starting rotation? As long
and Mets fans, you know, this, as
long as you have someone that you can rely on
, hopefully to be your closer, Clay Holmes is
another name that I wouldn't want to see them get
rid of. Now, let's add Juan Soto and
get Yamamoto. The Yankees need to get pitching and
they need to make a big splash in order for
their fan base to be relatively. I understand.
I don't think pitching was the issue though and they've
been able to find it even if it's not big
names. Yanks for some reason, you know,
even Michael King turning them into a starter now,
which could be valuable there. I look, Soto's
gotta come here. I don't care if it's the
Yankees or the Mets. Obviously, I prefer the
Mets, but I soto's got to be here if
the Padres called and said you can have them,
but you gotta give me Volpe, you're still not
doing it. That's the one guy I don't wanna
trade anything. Well, here, here, that's
the problem. You need young dynamic position players.
So my thought process would be OK. Peraza,
I'm thinking all right, go take Peraza. He's
your short stop, San Diego. Yeah, of
course. All right, let's make the call to
the bullpen and welcome in Jerry Blevins. Jerry,
the Mets are said to be in the repurposing phase
in 2024. Would you be ok with them trading
multiple top prospects to get soto? Yeah, absolutely
. I mean, this guy is a once in
a lifetime left-handed bat. Uh I love the way
his game plays out. I think his, the
, the Mets have been begging for a left handed
hitter to kind of protect that sandwich between Lindor and
Alonso, maybe hit behind him and they missed on
Schwarber. And that's something that, you know,
I've said too many times, I'm over saying it
. They missed out. I would hate to see
them miss out if somebody does trade for them.
There is the only, I guess still pro aspect
that I would say is Francisco Alvarez is untouchable,
untouchable. But outside of that, I think anybody
in any combination is worth going after for an absolute
powerhouse of uh of Juan Soto batting in that lineup
. I'm with you Jerry, but there's just slight
hesitation and it's only because you can get him for
no prospects in a year. Is it really worth
not destroying what they just built with replenishing the farm
? But giving up a lot from the farm to
go get a guy who you could have in one
year for all the money in the world. II
, I do think I do think that that negotiation
having him come to New York have him develop a
relationship with the front office with Steve Cohen as an
owner. He's tend to do that. I think
having that, that win of negotiations like we did
with Edwin Diaz going to the open market, I
think is a leg up. I, I don't
think it's necessary, but he's going to have to
, I think, spend more on the open market
and he's, he's willing to do that and he's
shown that. But I think having a guy step
into the organization a year early is an advantage if
SOTO and, or Otani aren't playing in New York
next season. It's gonna be a problem for both
the Mets and the Yankees.