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New York baseball is sitting in two completely different places.
The Yankees just got Gerrit Cole back, and he looked a lot less like a pitcher easing his way back from Tommy John surgery and a lot more like the ace walking back into the room. Aaron Judge is in a rough stretch, but that feels more like normal baseball turbulence than real panic. Ben Rice keeps making the case that his bat is too valuable to mess with behind the plate, and the Rays are putting real pressure on the AL East race.
Then there are the Mets.
The record still gives just enough 2024 flashback hope to keep fans from fully letting go, but the roster construction, leadership questions, offensive inconsistency, and looming trade deadline decisions are getting harder to ignore. Should the Mets sell if they are still buried by the deadline? Who is actually part of the future? And how dangerous would it be to chase a big bat like Yordan Alvarez if it means taking on bad money with MLB’s next CBA fight and possible salary cap structure hanging over the sport?
This episode is a New York baseball check-in built around one bigger idea: the cost of pretending.
The Yankees look like a contender trying to finish the roster.
The Mets look like an expensive team still trying to define one.
Topics include Gerrit Cole’s return, Aaron Judge’s slump, Ben Rice’s role, Anthony Volpe, the Rays’ pressure on the Yankees, Mets deadline questions, Carson Benge, AJ Ewing, Nolan McLean, Juan Soto, Carlos Mendoza, David Stearns, Steve Cohen, Yordan Alvarez, Tarik Skubal, the Astros as potential sellers, and MLB’s looming CBA/salary cap battle.
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New York baseball is sitting in two completely different places.
The Yankees just got Gerrit Cole back, and he looked a lot less like a pitcher easing his way back from Tommy John surgery and a lot more like the ace walking back into the room. Aaron Judge is in a rough stretch, but that feels more like normal baseball turbulence than real panic. Ben Rice keeps making the case that his bat is too valuable to mess with behind the plate, and the Rays are putting real pressure on the AL East race.
Then there are the Mets.
The record still gives just enough 2024 flashback hope to keep fans from fully letting go, but the roster construction, leadership questions, offensive inconsistency, and looming trade deadline decisions are getting harder to ignore. Should the Mets sell if they are still buried by the deadline? Who is actually part of the future? And how dangerous would it be to chase a big bat like Yordan Alvarez if it means taking on bad money with MLB’s next CBA fight and possible salary cap structure hanging over the sport?
This episode is a New York baseball check-in built around one bigger idea: the cost of pretending.
The Yankees look like a contender trying to finish the roster.
The Mets look like an expensive team still trying to define one.
Topics include Gerrit Cole’s return, Aaron Judge’s slump, Ben Rice’s role, Anthony Volpe, the Rays’ pressure on the Yankees, Mets deadline questions, Carson Benge, AJ Ewing, Nolan McLean, Juan Soto, Carlos Mendoza, David Stearns, Steve Cohen, Yordan Alvarez, Tarik Skubal, the Astros as potential sellers, and MLB’s looming CBA/salary cap battle.