Miserable Friday Night for Yankees, Mets

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for the Yankees, Friday night against Boston came and went. The Mets had to give the fireworks guy a chance to reload in Pittsburgh. Mike Francesa looks back at both games to sound the alarm.
#mets #yankees #mikefrancesa #betriversnetwork

[@MB-gd6be]

This is old school. Suprised but love that he came on for Saturday, smack in the middle of Baseball ⚾ summer

[@Chase516]

Been saying for years that the Yankees will NEVER win with Boone managing. Cashman needs to go too.

[@cashflow24-7]

He’s a softy with his players

[@kenkovacs8370]

Boone couldn't manage a lemonade stand.

[@davidjackson2832]

But he can be POTUS!!!

[@chrisgoodwin2745]

As a Met fan I will take Boone today & you can have Mendoza plus I’ll throw in Diekman the reliever & Jeff McNeil.

[@denniskinzler5890]

Sure he could, he’d refer to Lemonade Stand Analytics

[@rlove07]

Loooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[@jimmurphy3213]

deal but you can keep McNiel

[@richrucci6908]

DJ LeMatheiu makes Aaron Hicks look good

[@victormarrotti2575]

Yankees are poorly coached.Their leadership is awful. Boone is a babysitter. No yankees manager has lasted this long without winning anything. Boone is a politician. Treat them as men. Disgraceful !! Remember 2022 they cracked in August. This is an earlier version of them cracking.

[@frontier6937]

Boone is a reflection of society - WOKE. He doesn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

[@MrBronx61]

The entire Yankee braintrust is lucky The Boss isn't around. As for Boone, well, today's managers work in partnership the front office tells them to do. The old school guys like Earl Weaver, Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog are a thing of the past.

[@frontier6937]

@@MrBronx61 Boone continues to discount the most valuable players on this team - Rice, Volpe & Wells. All 3 making the league minimum. Bring up the farm system - dump the dead wood.

[@georgemoscahlades7473]

Was listening to your old station recently. They were obsessed with the Coney Island hot dog contest. Really sad. The end of sports talk as we knew it. Always enjoy your podcast.

[@Pnanasnoic]

WFAN is less than dogshit now. Excuse my French.

[@victormarrotti2575]

Mike ,Boone is woke

[@JM-vf8tk]

The problem stems from ownership.Steinbrenner’s kid has been excellent in exploiting Yankee fan consumerism. Not a bad business man but clueless in turning that into a championship team. Cashman should have been gone years ago. Boone was never the “right” manager and you can’t build a championship team around power sluggers like Judge & Stanton. This is only going to get worse

[@maxdubs222]

Been saying for the last 2 years that Holmes isn’t a true closer. He doesn’t have an out pitch right now

[@whitelotus1594]

Verdugo should add a tattoo of a pop-up

[@frontier6937]

not working out - the reason the Red Sox let him go. Bring up the farm system.

[@chrisweidner4768]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I like the guy, but that’s funny. 👍👍

[@chrisweidner4768]

And then you have Saturday. Happy for Rice. 😃😃😃👍👍👍

[@jeffreyharris5813]

It's not up to Cole to "save" this team today. Nestor was lights out yesterday and what did that get us? It's up to the seven guys in the lineup not named Judge or Soto.

[@waffiewaffiewaffie]

Even Judge came up short yesterday. It’s goin around

[@michaell8002]

Soto is not staying.

[@frontier6937]

I knew that from day one as soon as he witnessed the depressing, over paid, souless locker room. Who would want to be a part of that.

[@Pagaugezero]

@@frontier6937Exactly. And seeing the fun the Mets are having with the Owner with the largest checkbook.

[@cirodimarzio8688]

He’s only 25, Boras will get him 45-50 million a year for probably 8-9 years. Hal would be spending historic luxury tax money if he wanted to keep him. They’re paying that bum Stanton 30 mil until 2028.

[@user-ln6re2rz5l]

Dj Age comment was hilarious 😂

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

The NY Stankees are following their blueprint of recent years: looking good early, then falling off. This recent spate of play is HORRENDOUS. Also: Who TF thinks its a good idea for a closer to be a sinkerballer? Not enough strikeouts and too many grounders. Holmes doesn't miss bats. We need a fireballer.....

[@richrucci6908]

NYY looking like Angels w Otani & Trout & very little else

[@tonyangelo9109]

NO!

[@frontier6937]

where's the team leadership - light a match under their asses - they look dead, tired and geriatric. It's all about youth - I'd keep Volpe, DJ and Rice and dump everyone else. They're too old, too pampered and over paid.

[@Pagaugezero]

@@tonyangelo9109Yes!

[@chrisgoodwin2745]

How is Diekman still on this team

[@Fernando-qk2hp]

I think I heard “ Joey Gallo “ chants at this point.

[@edwardbailey9759]

I heard Josh Donaldson

[@martinconde9537]

CASHMAN FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS HAS NOT CHANGED THE FORMULA . He brings in the big 3 run Homer.But they have no speed, no athleticism, and they don't do the little things that help you win.Cashman is living in the dark ages. All these other teams have gotten younger and more athletic.But Cashman only believes in bringing in the 3 runhomer guy.And it's been a failure for over thirteen years and he gets no criticism , it's amazing to me.

[@JM-vf8tk]

Can’t win championships with power sluggers like Judge & Stanton. People should stop going to the stadium and you’ll be surprised how fast ownership will get their act together.

[@domenicdurante966]

@@JM-vf8tk Agree 100%. But Yankee fans don't seem to get this.

[@ld3789]

Dawg days of sunma. Here’s the mink man

[@user-ln6re2rz5l]

Finally, honesty on Volpe, RESPECT MIKE, agree the kid made a mistake, but I know this for sure that kid gives 110% every game every play,

[@cambonious23]

When a team is going bad, they lose in many different ways. You almost saw it coming.

[@davidjackson2832]

That's what makes it so much fun

[@db-pi2jf]

Where's Billy Martin when we need him ?

[@diamondvision6477]

The Yanks are now finding new ways to lose games. Boston tried to gift wrap this one and the Yanks couldn't keep it together. No defense and bad pitching deadly combo.

[@davidjackson2832]

How are they going to lose today? The writers are going to have to be more creative

[@jamierubino431]

The yankees need a total overhaul of organization from top to bottom

[@TOCC50]

Make it happen

[@moo-moo74]

no

[@davidjackson2832]

Yankees- for sale?

[@NYKnicks33]

It’ll never happen, The Yankees are run like a business and they’re extremely profitable. Winning is second to profits in Yankeeland. Same as the Cowboys.

[@domenicdurante966]

Yep.

[@dmc357]

Holmes is not a closer better off putting Weaver in that spot at this point until Epross comes back

[@cwc8979]

I’m no Yankees fan but it’s way too early to panic lol…..Orioles choked in the postseason last year

[@Hockeypro1094]

Clay Holmes can’t finish in a big spot key words here in clutch moments. He is the anti clutch closer! He’s a choke artist in a big spot.

[@glennsummers3779]

Sorry to see casa creed was retired. Great career

[@francisalbert1799]

Try a players only meeting . Worked for the Mets

[@briansellner8506]

It’s about to hold players accountable, Boone needs to understand he is a Manager and by him backing his players every single time. Can see Billy Martin or Sparky Anderson tolerating this lack luster effort?

[@mitchc6040]

The Pope always has the best pulse on NY baseball

[@georgemoscahlades7473]

Mike, I know it a new sports world but wow. There is no longer accountability. None. There are no more Jim Leylands out there. A blue collar old school baseball man who the players respected and played hard for. Young players are having fun for the Red Sox. Love him or hate him Cora gets his team to work.

[@Cutekitty12417]

Mets have a golden opportunity this month and they're pissing it away. The real OMG will be trade deadline moves when Sterns gets rid of Alonso, Martinez, and the other 1 year contracts . Fans, that's the only way to rebuild the farm, especially with pitching.

[@PGO_Gaming]

The Mets farm system is fine and when the new rankings come out this year, they will be firmly in the top 10. They have pitching coming up next year that is borderline elite. They don't have to trade for prospects this year. Ronny Mauricio, Acuna, Jett Williams, Ryan Clifford and Ryan Gilbert are all top 100 and are all knocking on the door.

[@jovonbrown4703]

Boone should hav been gone 2 years ago

[@domenicdurante966]

George would have canned him 3-4 years ago.

[@domenicdurante966]

Cashman would have been gone 10 years ago under George.

[@mellyfreshhh]

The team never looks prepared. Wouldn’t even call it baseball. They are lazy. Boone’s fault. Bench Volpe. dfa DJ

[@moo-moo74]

no

[@cambonious23]

Volpe made a base running mistake; it happens. He was ok besides that.

[@mellyfreshhh]

@@cambonious23 a mistake that cost them the game. Regardless, Volpe had one job, to run. If it was a “foul” ball, the defense wouldn’t be throwing it around the field for a dp. And Volpe hasn’t been “ok” for a month look at his stats. A day off and some accountability wouldn’t hurt

[@kgarba9253]

@@mellyfreshhhhe doesn’t walk anymore and has ridden a hot first 2 weeks all season. .310 OBP is a joke

[@cambonious23]

I’ll give him a pass this once. Anyone can make a mistake, if it’s a pattern then it should be dealt with. Volpe always hustles; this was a mental mistake.

[@Johnmarzuillo-zm2ry]

Mikes jumped ship now lol

[@clemersmonroe5183]

Rice has been great. Mike open your eyes.

[@jimmurphy3213]

Savages in the box

[@kevinbilis8464]

I think Ben Rice is gonna hit 3 Home runs today.

[@Fernando-qk2hp]

Need a manager with ballz

[@Snoopy380]

He had ballz enough to put that stiff Grisham back in the lineup the next day. Grisham must have something on Boone.

[@domenicdurante966]

Ballz??? Oh yes, I've heard of these before.

[@jimwerther]

Mike's dead wrong about the Mets. Mendy brought in Adcock after the game was over to take one for the team, and he gave up four homers. The Mets have Senga, Scott, Butto and others who can help out, plus Reid-Foley and Diaz who were unavailable as well. This is a temporary problem.

[@Joey.Jersey]

Mike, was wondering if you could turn the volume up on your end. Maybe it's me but it seems like your volume is pretty low

[@tcollier5460]

Mets season would be over a long time ago! Philadelphia is 15 games ahead of them

[@Fernando-qk2hp]

You thought Gil was gonna play the same way all year Mike !?!? Wrong

[@matta6395]

Pirates raised it on the Mets

[@Pagaugezero]

Mets never win in Pittsburgh

[@jimwerther]

​@@Pagaugezero They did Saturday

[@bobtis]

Boone 😢

[@ComedianMoeBrown]

Yankees need help

[@ortizroided7587]

yankees need new ownership

[@DJCasanovaVIP]

The Dodgers smacked them into the abyss

[@SoleMax23]

Yankees need George and Billy to resurrect from the dead and clean house…🥴🤷🏽‍♂️

[@astrodoc71]

I understand players are different now and managers are different but human beings are the same now as they were a hundred years ago. Players are going to adopt the personality of their manager. If your manager is Mister Rogers then the product on the field is going to be predictable....totally pathetic

[@_BigTimer85]

Such a great win for the BoSox last night! With that said or posted in this case, with all the money the Yankees are paying Cole, this is a start where he needs to stop the bleeding and pitch lights out. Otherwise there's no telling how far this spiral will devolve for the Yankees.

[@miked2075]

It’s sickening that Cashman still has a job. He’s made an absolute mess of a once great franchise.

[@MichaelPetrone-ng5yx]

We were told they let Girardi go because he couldn't relate to the young players or the young players couldn't relate to him- well the young players are gone -: and still no championship - Boone reminds me of the Perry Como of Major League baseball managers -

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

Yankees loose! Theeeeeeeeee yankees loose!!!!!

[@suewoo5]

Yes they loose. They loose 2x

[@AnthonyScarpa-er3sq]

The Mets better start hitting again or else the season is over ! They just have poor pitching

[@bobtis]

Mike you have to back up Boo e must go

[@CJlopezV]

Older than biden LMAO

[@jhpvids]

Yankees will be fine I'm more concerned about the Mets and their pitching if they're trying to get into the wild card

[@GeorgeYoung-co3rr]

Why does he take the starting pitcher out.and put closer in. ? Why? This is how it is is now. Leave the starter in and they win.

[@Fernando-qk2hp]

Is this fake panic by Mike ? He always says calm down

[@stephencorsaro954]

Maybe they should hustle and keep their heads in the game so their fans didn't have to listen to Red Sox fans make fun of them for being fans. The worst thing about a team is when you're a fan and they embarrass you in front of friends and your kids and leave you open to told you so's.

[@Momus2024]

what a shame that mike still wont admt that the yankees are not put together as a team...and are not pressured by a real manager to perform as a team...you must get rid of everyone from cashman to the manager and replace them with real baseball minds that have the ability to put a TEAM together and make the players respond as a team.....not new but this has been the issue for many years

[@domenicdurante966]

Agree 100%.

[@TheodoreRizzo]

Boone and cashman gotta go and take Stanton with them!!! Cortez too I’m done with the Yankees. Now on the other hand Othani and the Dodgers are rolling winning!!

[@Trump-c2h]

Yankees are collapsing and Soto will not stay next seasom. Cant blame him

[@davidjackson2832]

At least Soto stays in NY with the meta

[@Fernando-qk2hp]

Yankees are 18 games over 500.

[@Pagaugezero]

And dropping

[@Fernando-qk2hp]

@@Pagaugezero learn addition. Won today. Another win

[@frontier6937]

By August 1, the O's will be 10 up.

[@domenicdurante966]

If they can get their pitching together.

[@frontier6937]

@@domenicdurante966 pitching's good enough - they need to put up runs - not the anemic 2 - 4 runs/game. Rice can jump start this team if Boone allows it and not platoon him. Sit Torres and the rest of the has beens - it's a new era - it's all about youth !!!

[@domenicdurante966]

@@frontier6937 The Yankees have given up 130 runs in the last 20 games. That is 6.5 runs per game. Good enough, you say??? They have scored 97, or 4.85 runs per game. Not great, but not terrible. The collapse of the pitching staff has been the number one problem.

[@frontier6937]

@@domenicdurante966 OK - so dish out another $12M for another old pitcher, over the hill free agent, past his prime, like Rondon. Their offense is anemic - except for Rice, Volpe, Wells & DJ. All the others are career 1-4, including the "superstars". A home run with 3 strike outs. Ya gotta put the ball in play. Bring up the farm system !!!!

[@locoman888]

Yankees more disappointing than Mets missing Senga and 3 hurt relievers and Marte a catalyst.

[@davidpiccolo3039]

The problem with the Yankees is not the talent. They have no guts, no fight, no balls! Aron Boone is a players manager and an excuse maker

[@mr.g3588]

Bullpen bla bla bla the Mets need quality starters to go at Least 7 or even 8 innings. Seaver, Koosman and Matlack would regularly pitch Complete Games, now teams need 6-7-8 quality relief pitchers. its a joke because today’s starting pitchers get injured anyway throwing 80-90 pitches a game.

[@jimmurphy3213]

Mets get hot before all star break, keep Alonso and JD instead of raking in profits ala Os then crap the bed the rest of the season. Write it down

[@GinNBoost]

Grimace Era is officially dead

[@Pagaugezero]

Thank God

[@suewoo5]

The mets fans needed a little humility after talking all lat shiz about the yankees fall from grace

[@nickpeluso7511]

Im sick of volpe. He's not very good. Torres and Lemahieu are in a total fog and should DFA'd

[@frontier6937]

Volpe, Rice, Wells ......... need more - bring up the farm system. Dump the overpaid geriatrics !!!

[@kevingreen5793]

I probably shouldn't talk politics on this channel but having Aaron Boone as manager and Brian Cashman as a GM is like having Biden as president and I like Mike's comment saying DJ is looking older than Biden I got a kick out of that. But Boone shouldn't be manager of this team and Cashman shouldn't be a GM because they are ruining this just like Biden is to this country! What the Yankees need right now is a guy like Steinbrenner who would've fired their asses years ago and hopefully Donald Trump doesn't get re-elected he should buy the Yankees from the Steinbrenner family because he can run things the way George did and clean up this team starting by getting rid of Boone and Cashman. If (at least according to Trump) he could make America great again maybe he can do the same to the Yankees! I've been a fan for 20+ years and I can't watch them anymore on TV or at Yankee Stadium. Why? Because it's not worth watching the same shit-show almost everyday. I'm tired of this just like every other fan and things need to change immediately!

[@LIBlurr]

Too much Longball ... Yankees should offer a Big Bonus for Hits !! Maybe hire Pete Rose to coach on hitting... Choke down 2-3” and Get On Base! It’s getting unwatchable!

[@victormarrotti2575]

Take away Judge and Soto since June 15th the rest of the yankees are batting .202. Disgraceful leadership !

[@davidjackson2832]

Agree. Sell some pitching to get hitters

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Thats actually higher than I would've expected

[@cambonious23]

If you fire Boone, that’s fine. Who is going to be manager? Give me a name. Don’t say anybody.

[@davidjackson2832]

Showaltet is available

[@cambonious23]

Does he want to manage this team? Even if that is yes, the Yankees won’t take him. Girardi was too hands on for them. He would expect more say in things.

[@WuYorkYankees]

Yea that's been the argument the last 5 years, that if they fired him they would get another Boone-like guy. But it has to be done. At least put another face and voice to this crap.

[@masonloh1411]

3:52 Too many Pro players in MLB not just Yankees not Hustling out of the batter's box. learn from Shohei - yes sometimes is obvious no need to but c'mon you a Pro.

[@jamesmichael5475]

The Yankees are not a well coached team, they do not do the fundamental things well. The Yankees are very top heavy, with talent and salaries with Judge, Soto, Stanton, and have filled the remaining roster with garbage, rejects, Entering the season without a single professional bat coming off the bench. Holmes sucks as a closer, he can not beat any good offensive team, never has been able to. A sinker that doesn't sink enough is just a batting practice meatball. Verdugo has done nothing for ages. If Judge and Soto don't hit a homer, the Yankees are very challenged to score offensively. DJ should be DFAed. Volpe has made several bone-head base-running blunders and defensive lapses recently, and there is no consequences from management. Why the Fk is Kahnle still pitching for the Yankees. I would trade Torres, Kahnle, Holmes, Verdugo. Rizzo should be traded or DFAed. This team a constructed, couldn't win a trip to the little league World Series.

[@GFS695]

See you guys wanted Torres to hustle while he wasn't 100% and he ends up hurting himself, note to players, don't listen to clown fans and don't go on social media.

[@mmcgahn5948]

Torres has to get rid of that concrete glove he wears and get a leather one

[@Fernando-qk2hp]

Mike you are not surprised he lied for DJ. cut the crap for clicks Mike. You know he always kisses his players asses. Devastating loss ?? You always say it’s early.

[@TOCC50]

Red Sox Sweep 🧹

[@jimwerther]

Uh, about that prediction...

[@jaywilliams8608]

Volpe is over rated, big head, thinks he is Jeter….🤡🤡😂😂

[@MaShcode]

With Boston Verdugo was a streaky head-case. So his replacement Rafaela has put together a sensational run and can play both shortstop and center. Nipple pants Yoshida is known for his clutch bat. Cora has built a team out of nothing.

[@nickpeluso7511]

how bad is verdugo? bring up Spencer Jones

[@ComedianMoeBrown]

Yankees need some black players period their team looks like the 1930s

[@jimwerther]

Judge - mixed race Soto - Hispanic Looks like the 1930s?