Dodgers Are Embarrassing the Yankees & Mets!

[@MrCruelest]

There's a large fundemental misunderstanding of how the Dodgers built to this point. It started about 11 years ago. They drafted talent in the forms of Lux, Seager, Bellinger, Buheler, Urias got cast offs in the form of J. Turner and Muncy and got them for long periods of time at minimum values so they could save and save money, and could continue to build prospect capital. Then they got the last really good cable TV deal, really in all of sports, which helped them continue to save money and use the excess to get the product on the field to a sustainable winning level. It really wasn't until 2020, year 6 by then, where the tide began to shift and they started to leverage the prospects and money for the stars. Even then, they were smart in their not over extending until really this year, 11 years later, where all the fruits have rippened enough for them to acquire at will. This was a long-term effort and yet fans and media want to believe that this "evil empire" was built in a day when that is a fallacy. Now fans want their team to emulate it, but don't want their team to actually spend the time to do it. They just want it now.

[@mwheelonh]

Totally agreed. And don't ignore the player development aspect. How many average to below-average players around the league look at the Dodgers and wonder "Could I be the next Justin Turner/Max Muncy/Chris Taylor/etc.? Is there some small tweak they could find in my game that could secure my long-term career? Are there any other teams that have a strong track record of doing that?"

[@steelehere1]

You’re missing the part where the Dodgers planned to be competitive while while building up the team when ownership first took over which started with the Nick Punto trade that had the Dodgers taking on Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett’s bad contracts in order to acquire Adrian Gonzalez. They then in turn found ways to turn bad contracts with one year left over to other teams to take on worse contracts that had prospects attached to them. Their latest thing is to trade players and prospects blocked in their system (Mitch White, Matt Beaty, Ross Stripling, Gavin Lux and Michael Busch) to other teams for prospects to regenerate their farm system.

[@richardharris3002]

Well said, you covered everything i knew and was thinking of leading up to them spending money.

[@zcarlson2016]

This is spot on! Only real dodger fans who have been there every step of the way understand this. This did not happen over night. The padres tried to build something over night and missed their window, understanding this moment was going to come for Dodger nation. Now, we are set up with a competitive amazing team for at least the next 7 years, while we go back to the draft and player development to continue after that! Such an amazing organization!!

[@michaelsmith5801]

You forgot a few names like Matt Kemp, Andre Either, Joc Pederson, Yasiel Puig, and Dee Gordon.

[@MJC_2112]

Looking at the two of you reminds me how much I miss shooting pool.

[@BC-th3mx]

🎱

[@marctouss1862]

hahahaha that's cold..

[@Obiter3]

😂

[@donnasRock323]

Cue balls 😂😂 #chromedome

[@allelujah1210]

In the words of Ice Cube, "Bow down to a team that's greater than you" 🤭

[@alexguanche1133]

Mets payed more for Juan Soto than all the Dodger players combined 😂

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

And then signed nothing but discounts after. Makes sense 😂

[@mitchellcheng3382]

Red herring. Dodgers payroll 369mil annual 2025. Soto 51mil per year

[@alexguanche1133]

@@mitchellcheng3382 we are talking about the players they got this offseason.

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

@ I think she met total contracts but AAV is correct measurement. But if we were going to sign cheap players and a bunch of em after I would have rather got a bunch of better players than one guy. This team is very incomplete.

[@TheKilrmy]

@@StanddividedfalltogetherYou say a “bunch of better players” instead of one guy. Soto is $51 million per year. What “bunch” of better players are being gotten for $51 million per year?!?! That’s two $25 million players. So you rather two $25 million or five $10 million instead of one organization changing $50 million guy? Winker was just signed for $7.5 million. You rather 6-7 Winker’s instead of one Soto?

[@samushunter0048]

Japanese players just grew up idolizing west coast teams. Nothing east coast teams are doing that is bad.

[@druduns1]

East Coast teams sign a lot of island boys for the same reason

[@AY2121-i4y]

West Coast closer to Japan. From the East Coast is another 6 hours. 16 hr flight ain't no joke. Everyone would prefer to live closer to home

[@quobey]

Plenty of Japanese players have come to the East coast in the past. The proximity factor is way too exaggerated by US media and fans. It's rather how the East coasts teams, media and fans have treated those players that is influencing the Japanese players to think twice. It's more a cultural thing. You people would probably call such thinking as for wimps and wusses, they see such responses as rude and disrespectful. It's not which is right or wrong. It's just different.

[@dwaynemiller9603]

Also Little Tokyo is a mile or two from Dodger Stadium and is the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America. This makes it a bit more appealing for Japanese players to choose LA knowing they'll be accepted playing for the city. A HUGE fan base of Japanese-Americans for the Dodgers.

[@LaNeta-juey]

As a Dodgers fan I love all the hate that we get. 😂 😝 😅

[@BadDriversOfNorthCarolina]

The Yankees will always have the most hate 😅

[@TheCalduggs]

Neta 😂😅.

[@Jose-gl1ix]

Thats when they were winning titles consistently. Not so much anymore. ​@@BadDriversOfNorthCarolina

[@BadDriversOfNorthCarolina]

@ I see it posted many times on social media. The Yankees haven’t won in over 15 years, but the hate is still strong

[@johndurrer7869]

This is the first year the Dodgers are attempting to build a Super Bullpen. Kopech, May(could be best closer in baseball by end of year), Phillips, Vesia Treinen Yates Scott is insane, Graterol by the allstar break too. Winning 117 is certainly possible if they have just an average season in terms of injury luck

[@jmhjmh3605]

May will never be the closer when they have Yates and Scott... Never

[@johndurrer7869]

@ Have you seen the Stuff May has? And that was as a starter, imagine as a closer. We could be looking at 103 mph with 18 inches of break

[@jmhjmh3605]

​@@johndurrer7869It is never going to happen... no professional manager would do it. I will give you the only way may becomes the closer if half the bp got hurt. Closer is not just about stuff. He has no experience what so ever and we have no idea how he will recover day to day. Stop!! Crazy talk

[@jmhjmh3605]

Never happening

[@jmhjmh3605]

​@@johndurrer7869Guy coming off a major injury.... Taking over from 3 vets who awesome in there own right. Treinen scott and Yates.... Yeah may enjoy the middle inns

[@ktbeatty]

I am a Dodgers fan, but I disagree with this take. I like what the Mets are doing. Friedman spent over a decade rebuilding the Dodgers organization. People forget he never chased the big ticket free agents. They never lead the league in payroll. Now that the team has reached this point, it’s clearly time to go all in. This is what they strategically built towards and what is left to wait for? The Mets aren’t there yet. They are on the right path finally, and I’m sure will continue to improve, but now is not when they should go all in with their resources. It’s too soon. They are still spending significantly and actually competing to win, which can’t be said of most teams now. That’s all they need to worry about for the moment.

[@TheCalduggs]

The Dodgers are taking the sport to the next level. The Red Sox, Padres, Mets, this generation yankees, have money but your organization is B class. Dodgers are a first class grade A organization owned by an investment group, I even want them to invest my money. But think of in-house talent, Bellinger, seager, walker Buehler, list goes on, we get pitchers and make them better, like Vesia and Kopech. No comparison.

[@shibbyMB]

Mets pitching staff did NOT improve from last year.

[@Xenlacasa45]

Exactly. Resign manaea ooooo gran vaina 😂

[@pa.encema2821]

Mets pitching wasn't that great last year anyways

[@jjkandong9337]

There is a new sheriff in town! Go Dodgers! Repeat 2025-2026!

[@joseplascencia4408]

2million tickets sold is $300 million PLUS concessions, merchandising, parking, sponsorships, TV deal money a year. Howmuch does ur owner spend on payroll

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

He spends 300M. But just poorly

[@davidmayer6181]

No parking. That’s McCourts

[@michaelsmith5801]

@@joseplascencia4408 it start with having a competitive team on the field every year that draws fans attention (sell outs, TV deals).

[@ajalvarez3111]

@@davidmayer6181 I don’t think he’s talking Dodgers. Dodgers are selling just a few tickets shy of 4 million tickets.

[@Hangalooey]

Do they have a contest to see if they can say something dumber than the day before?

[@agiuggio1]

Consistent with the bad takes

[@joelvelez25]

Why would any input they have be more meaningful, relevant, or informed than David Stearns or Brian Cashman? Just say that you wished they did more and move on. Damn talking heads.

[@vindicator8198]

Met's aren't chasing the Dodgers, they aren't even close. They are still chasing down the Phillies and Braves.

[@marctouss1862]

well we went farther than the phillies and braves last year... it's the dodgers we can't get past..

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

@@marctouss1862I hate to say it but we got lucky last year. That’s not going to happen again.

[@marctouss1862]

@ not if we don't bring pete back...

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

@ and an ace and more in the pen. This team is not close to ready. They spent on a collection of mediocre instead quality. Not going to work.

[@RobertVilla-o1q]

Both NY teams will be looking up the Dodgers ass for the rest of the decade!

[@generalimlerith8356]

Getting Soto now seems very insignificant of a add considering what the dodgers just did

[@pjscafe]

Have no idea what Cohen was thinking when he paid Soto nearly 800 mil. 😂

[@Xenlacasa45]

​@@pjscafeit would make sense if he had made other moves but seems like they just threw the Mets fan base a bone 🦴

[@tonymenzel4554]

Can't match Dodgers, just like the Yankees of past and Mets recently.......keep crying because these teams are being beat with a big stick. They are not doing anything any other team can do. The Dodgers have a great farm system to trade for other pieces and they take on other team off casts and make them great. They also value other countries baseball systems which any team could of done.

[@stephendouglas4343]

I don't blame the Dodgers. I am a die hard Mets fan. I wish we would spend that kind of money.

[@pearlie_ette]

You can lol

[@dwaynemiller9603]

Dodgers payroll will be tops but Mets have been spending. Just not sure how wisely.

[@keithvalenzuela3381]

There's Dodgers hate... there's envy... I admire the ownership wasting no time signing players to win a championship. The ownership created an environment for players wanting to play for... But, also know.. There's no guarantees in baseball...

[@amberrivera9684]

Dodgers brand Stadium and location are just better than anywhere else!

[@Emyc-b8x]

Yankees are still the standard and one of the most valuable franchises in sports. Dodgers are coming but not yet to Yankees worldwide

[@kokiomufc]

@@Emyc-b8xyou’re sounding like a Manchester United fan over there huh? I would know I am a fan myself lol Holding on to the glory days, must I remind you the most successful and historical team in France is Marseille but no one knows that now. They only know PSG worldwide 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@onevato]

@@Emyc-b8x Like 5th inning type standard? lol! ok go bring up ur ancient trophies! HA!

[@bena4072]

LA would be nothing if they hadn’t signed Ohtani - he 100% MADE the brand in Japan and made the team so much $ last year. Dodgers couldn’t win in playoffs before Ohtani (2020 doesn’t count) and now all the LA fans think it is the stadium and brand? Keep dreaming - Ohtani owns you.

[@kokiomufc]

@@bena4072 if that’s what you have to tell yourself to make you feel better 😌✌🏻

[@ghosttownbound]

The Dodgers are setting the bar very high!

[@herbmorales516]

You’re missing the main point. Who do the best players want to play for? It is not the Mets , Yankees or anyone else. It is the dodgers. That tells you the type of organization the dodgers are. Go dodgers!!!!!!!❤😂❤😂❤😂

[@jackdediosgonzalez2953]

Don't count the championship just yet .ohtani,and Yamamoto are coming off serious injuries Sasaki never pitched more than 110 innings in his career Yates is 38 but 162 game season takes its toll

[@herbmorales516]

@ Yes, but you’re still missing the point! No one is saying we got the championship. That’s in your head!

[@RobertVilla-o1q]

@@jackdediosgonzalez2953This is why the Dodgers announced they will have a six man rotation to minimize wear and tear!

[@tonymaggio7988]

Ever heard of Bobby Bonilla Mets fans? Go on complain about deferred payments. 😂😂😂

[@philmalavarca9489]

The only move the Mets need to make with their lineup is bringing back Pete Alonso. If they don’t bring Alonso back, they could be preparing to go get Vlad Jr. when he becomes a free agent. Outside of that, they’re loaded with talent in their lineup. They have guys in their farm system who could be every day players for this team. Brett Baty is going to be better than what he displayed in the big leagues the past few years. Ronny Mauricio had flashes when he got called up in 2023. Luisangel Acuña could be a stud too.

[@Tony.1974]

Alonso not coming back

[@coloradolivingchannel]

Loaded in talent in their lineup? Ok. Let's see 1. Will Lindor play at an MVP caliber again? Last year was the 1st in 4 yrs he played like an mvp player. 2. Vientos? How will he fare in his sophomore season? We don't know yet. 3. You catcher, great 1st year terrible 2nd, ok he was hurt, but the 3rd year will tell. 4. Nimmo is solid but that's it. Who else is in your lineup that is a sure thing other than Soto?

[@Xenlacasa45]

​@@coloradolivingchannel thank you for being realistic. Some of these fans are like Jason's mother supporting the bad son 😂

[@sleviins]

Bro really said “dodgers aren’t gonna be as great as everybody thinks” sounds like a true hater

[@ArniloDavid-ck9ek]

I guess Mets stopped when they got Soto. 😆

[@Robert-hr6pj]

Patience, who else was worth overpaying for?

[@pjscafe]

Cohen realized he overpayed for Soto and have nothing left to sign anybody. 😂😂

[@Xenlacasa45]

​@@pjscafeSoto is draining those accounts Cohen is probably like honey deposit some money Kevin Hart the way bank account is set up 😂

[@dwaynemiller9603]

Did Soto defer any of his contract? Last year Ohtani offered to defer all but $2M/yr of his $70M/yr to help the Dodgers continue with spending & building the team. This was a huge gift to the Dodgers and key to where they are now..

[@moisescruz4424]

The Mets need more. The Mets are far away from the Dodgers. The Dodgers have played the deferral game very well.

[@Robert-hr6pj]

Everyone in all of baseball is far away from the Dodgers.

[@nathanielcranshaw7839]

Let’s go dodgers I’m looking forward to a lot of more championships💙🤍❤️⚾️.

[@JuanAlmonte-rf7xk]

I’m not concerned with the Dodgers. because our real competition is our division opponents(Braves & Phils)which right now are better than we are if healthy on paper.That’s the reality we have to live in .

[@RobertVilla-o1q]

If the Dodgers would have had four healthy starting pitchers during World Series, it would have been a 🧹!

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

Sal- do our teams need to do more YEEESSSS!!!! I thought the Mets were the Dodgers now. But we’re more like the brewers for some reason.

[@cryptobill6188]

Why don't the Mets make the ultimate risk signing and ink Trevor Bauer to a league minimum?

[@enshk79]

Who?

[@francisalbert1799]

Lmaoo “We got Juan Soto” will be the Mets saying for the term of the contract 😂

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

Signed Soto and then went got no one and got worse since at every spot.

[@leonkincoln-dp8vs]

800 mil and they stop

[@Xenlacasa45]

​@@leonkincoln-dp8vsSoto must be draining those Cohen accounts. Banks were like hold up 😂

[@Xenlacasa45]

​@@StanddividedfalltogetherCohen probably had to ask his wife to make a deposit Soto draining their accounts 😂

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

@ she would have said yes. She’s a bigger fan that him from what I hear. Plus the guy makes 3 billion a year. That’s 50M a week. Pretty sure they good on money. lol I thinks sterns trying to show how smart he is by saving 6 Million a year for two years and jeopardizing our lineup and Vientos future to do it. That’s so smart to me. Kind of a lot to ask a kid who played a half season (great as it was) to now replace Pete, learn a new position and protect Soto. All while the league adjusts to him as they always do to sophmores. Plus now we get baty at third? So we weakened two positions to save $6M this year. Cool…. 😎

[@malikking3]

I'm a Mets fan but I feel that the better question to ask is what are the reasons that Free agents are choosing to go to the Dodgers as opposed to what other teams are not doing to sign these players. Right now the Dodgers are a destination team the way the Yankees were in the past so " it is what it is" can't chase other teams. Unfortunately build your own teams to the point you become a destination team such as the Dodgers are now. Lets go Mets 2025

[@joeshmooo5327]

This is the part so many miss, they just think its about the money but its not. Its the world class organization that the Dodgers have built, from trainers, nutritionist, mental health, advanced scouting etc etc etc. They are world class in all of these areas and it only serves to make their players better. The players know this and want to be apart of the organization.

[@ericg0920]

All of what @joeshmooo5327 said plus the organization treats the players and their families very VERY well. Friedman is very transparent with the players about the teams plans making them feel wanted and comfortable. Also, despite what a lot of the country and MAGAts say Los Angeles is the shit.

[@Xenlacasa45]

​@@joeshmooo5327Santander just signed with Toronto, Christian Walker with the Astros. Pete Alonso still hasn't been signed Toronto might scoop him up. The key thing is Mets haven't made any moves

[@nightstakka1994]

The Dodgers have Mastered the art of using MLB coupons to sign players 🎫🎫🎫

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

Our core is too old to wait for all the prospects. This was the year to go all in. We were two games away last year and signed Soto and then went to the cheap section. Now we have 4 rookies or sophomores on the infield. And cf hitting 180. And having Vientos move positions, protect Soto and replace Pete is not good for his development after only having a great half of season. I’m very worried they will ruin this kid. Especially in a year the league will adjust to him. Leave him at third and sign a first baseman.

[@Robert-hr6pj]

Nope, next year is the year to go all in with Vlad.

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

@@Robert-hr6pj I like Vlad but hate the idea of giving him anything over 8-10 years. Not only is he a first baseman but his body type isn’t good for long term. IMO it’s worse than Pete’s. Not to mention come 2032 when him and Soto are both 33 we now have 8-9 years of two declining DHs for 100M a year. That’s going to cripple the way we build a team for almost a decade. Not sure how good of an idea it is. One other thing. Has anyone looked at Vlad post season numbers? Over 3 years in the post seasons over 6 games with 22 AB his BA is .136 with zero HR / 1 RBI / 5ks and a 240 OBS and a 440 ops. While Alonso in 2 post seasons (and post season is what we’re going for correct?) in 16 games over 54 AB is hitting BA 278 OBS 429 OPS 1009 / 5 HR / 11 RBI. And we don’t go 3 years for Pete but we’ll go 15 for Vlad?? He will be 27 come next year. So we don’t want Pete passed 33 but we’ll take Vlad till 42?? Help me out here.

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

@@Robert-hr6pj plus lindor Diaz Nimmo Manaea Senga and such are all another year older. This was the year to go all in. We had 100M left after signing Soto. Could have got Pete and still had 75 to spend. This was poor financial management. They went quanitity of below average instead of quality and trying to win a WS. After last year and signing Soto we are win now now. Not wait. Big mistake imo.

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

@@Robert-hr6pj what happens when the blue jays resign Vlad and sign Pete? How’s our lineup look then?

[@gordonstarship]

Dodgers are building a Yankee 1996-2001 run. It's on the Yankees and Mets to beat the Dodgers on the field.

[@BlackyBrownDestruction9337]

They're not the ones dropping the ball ⚾ 💨

[@Sonicifyouwanit]

Its not so much about reacting or keeping up. Look at your depth and if you have gaps in your depth, fill that depth. Doesn't need to be marquis moves. Lean on scouting and analytics

[@labmind1700]

As a Dodgers fan all I gotta say is...... Cry more😂

[@holzman00]

I’m sure they appreciate you being a fan of their for all of 6 months.

[@818er2]

Yes srrrr! Its an embarrassment of riches but done smart! Go Blue!!

[@labmind1700]

@@holzman00 I'm 40 I've been a fan since I was 10 nice try and cry more

[@MrMytube60]

So, an outclassed Met team, put up more of a fight against LA, than the major meltdown by the Yanks in the WS!

[@jackdediosgonzalez2953]

Because the Yankees went to the world series with only 4 batters trying to hit

[@Xenlacasa45]

Yankees were overrated they had an easy path to the world series. Mets also beat the Yankees in the subway series with vientos goin deep against them.

[@craigyMnM]

Thank you !! They scored like 10 runs a game against us in the nlcs and we left like 50 guys on base against them maybe more and we have a worse rotation worse bullpen and worse lineup I don’t get it

[@joeshmooo5327]

The dodgers have came out and said its much cheaper to add talent now than to wait for the trading deadline. Last year they had to give up a couple of great prospects to get guys this year their going into the season with a lot of parts and can utilize them as they see fit.

[@steelehere1]

Dodgers gave up Miguel Vargas and two prospects that were maybe in their top twenty to get Edman and Kopech. That deal was a steal for them. They gave up a top ten prospect (catcher Thayron Lozano) to get Jack Flaherty. He would be the Dodgers #6 prospect based on the Baseball America Top 100 prospects list that came out today but would be behind Will Smith and Dalton Rushing on the depth charter at catcher for them. Considering their system has been a top 10 system since 2014. These trades were nothing burgers with respect to impact on their farm system’s depth.

[@joeshmooo5327]

@@steelehere1 Yep and they have not gave up a thing for the players they have signed this off season.

[@georgeanthony7282]

WFAN should stop with the soap opera crap about how the Dodgers are embarrassing the Yankees and Mets. The way these nitwits describe it, you would think just the New York teams have the resources to acquire the players the Dodgers just got... and absolutely no other major league baseball team! Pleaseee... First off the Yankees are much better off than they were when they lost Soto. Maybe just another proven infielder. That is a fact. As for the Mets, yes they need to make some more moves... but there is still time to get those things done. And also, we can't force Japanese players to sign with other teams... so let's move away from that argument.

[@BadDriversOfNorthCarolina]

If the Yankees plan on playing Jazz full time they will not go past the ALDS

[@explosivediarrhea4671]

Yankees will be fine no one is beating them in the AL

[@Xenlacasa45]

​@@explosivediarrhea4671unless Astros make it back to the alcs. They were lucky that Detroit beat the Astros in that short series

[@elbombrose1913]

no.. the Mets & Yankees are embarassing themselves

[@LSharp609]

Come on man...what y'all don't look the AJ Minter signing 😂😂 so sick of Stearns and his money ball ways

[@Xenlacasa45]

What's that movie about I hear a lot about it could you share please without spoiling ?

[@jamesgioia2633]

Relax. What were you expecting from Vientos at this point last winter?? Mauricio is a better player than Vientos. Relax. Acuna will be a little stud as well at second. Mauricio at third. That's the younger and more athletic you wanted. And as BT said....trade deadline will be active.

[@paulvon2378]

LA Dodgers #1

[@babypanafuerte]

So vientos hitting near 30 bombs… Lindor hitting 30 bombs and nimmo on a down year still hit 20 plus… isn’t enough protection for soto who also hit 30 bombs last season?? Sheesh how many 30 home run guys you need?? If we are gonna speak up us needing pitching then I have no arguments but more protection in the “lineup” is kind of laughable

[@ScottSteffes-LGMAK]

The lineup is top heavy. True Lindor can hit 30, Soto can hit 35, Vientos hopefully can get 30+ but he did have a breakout season. Nimmo maybe 20-25 but is he going to stay healthy? 5-9 hitters is where there is concern. That’s why getting Pete or someone else helps lengthen the lineup. Maybe Alvarez has a good season, maybe McNeil starts off good. Lots of maybes for 5-9 hitters

[@SPICYTUNAROLL69]

Mutts pitching is horrible.

[@babypanafuerte]

@@ScottSteffes-LGMAK I mean yea that’s one way of thinking but all you really need are guys who get on base… I don’t think you need 7…30 plus home run guys to build out a well balanced offense… Mets also have a very rich farm system… like eventually these guys have to get some type of shot and if you keep locking up positions for 5 plus years, when will they get there chance??

[@pa.encema2821]

​@@SPICYTUNAROLL69 was horrible last year too

[@kapo2012fb]

They need another bat and arm in the rotation and in the pen

[@StrawhatDawn]

Yankees are projected to be the best team in the AL lol best pitching in the AL and probably top 3

[@Robert-hr6pj]

Yea AL sucks.

[@Jose-gl1ix]

Best pitching in the al is Seattle. Lucky for the Yankees that the mariners can't hit.

[@RobertVilla-o1q]

American League is the farm league compared to the National league!

[@BeTheBallDanny]

Guys, we are playing for far beyond 2025....

[@solenstyle]

Exactly. The best move isn't to just make your team better for next season. It's to make your best team possible. Who would be a better 1B to pair up with Soto? Alonso or Vladdy? Sure, if you want to be better next season, it makes more sense to sign Alonso as Vladdy isn't available now. On a scale of 1-100, which team gives you the best chance to win a championship? A 90/100 Mets team for years 2025-30 or a 85/100 2025 Mets + 95/100 2026-30 Mets team? I would say the latter as you're a better team for 5/6 years. Does getting Alonso limit the types of move you'll make in 2026 and beyond? If yes, then you shouldn't get Alonso. Only thing makes sense is if you make Alonso the DH, but that would mean he doesn't get as big of a contract and not sure if Alonso would want that when another team could pay him as a 1B. Or maybe he doesn't get the contract he wants and has a 1 year deal. You essentially want to have a roster where you can't say "well that's a bad contract." The biggest contracts where the Dodgers fell into that were Kazmir (3 year 16m per year), Chris Taylor (15m aav for 4 years), and Joe Kelly. Notice how those aren't that big of a deal if you mess up on. There are no Xander Bogaerts or Eric Hosmer type deals (8 years 20m). If you screw up on those, you handicap your team for your entire championship window.

[@tonyr3440]

Ohtani deferred his contract that’s why the dodgers are able to do what they been doing while Soto didn’t love the signing but would’ve been nice if he would’ve differed at least some of the money

[@jamesbingham1007]

Go ahead and add a salary cap. You will make the Dodgers unstoppable. They'll spend to the top and simply make even more money. They'll take the savings and put even more into international scouting and support staff. Oh, and L.A. has unlimited sponsorship money.

[@BLEED.THEBLUE]

People think that my dodgers built this team in one year 😂😂😂😂😂 when the new owners took over my dodgers from McCourts they still struggled for over a decade to build the team and stadium they have today. People need to understand that if you don’t waste money on building your team the fans will stop going to games so you have to start somewhere just know that having a team like my dodgers doesn’t happen over night

[@xstugee]

As a fan I now realize that for both NY teams this will absolutely be just another season of disappointments. You must be lost if you cannot fathom the immense talent that the Dodgers have acquired thus far. If the Mets and Yankees do not quickly move forward and keep adding to their lineups thus far, they are essentially out of the ballgame. We will building for yet another and another and another day...........

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

Mets are a 3rd place at best team and if lucky will fight for a wild card spot and most likely not. This season will be a disaster. Idk why hope is so high

[@xstugee]

@@Standdividedfalltogether Like their old motto said..."ya gotta believe" and we could if they made some more deals!

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

@ exactly! I was drinking the koolaid for the first time since 2006. And they just ruined it.

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

@ they had another 100M to spend after Soto. How is this our team?

[@Robert-hr6pj]

@@Standdividedfalltogether100% wrong. Makes added Soto (a top 5 player in the league) and Senga our best pitcher will be back.

[@Obiter3]

I think the Yankees need one more hitter. Profar is out there, sign him to a 1-year deal in the OF and let the Martian work on hie game some more.

[@TheCalduggs]

You need to understand. The Guggenheim is a global banking investment group. The players deferring money want them handling and investing their deferred money 💵. Everybody is winning. You boys are just late to the party.

[@TheCalduggs]

Yup. Mets knew they wouldn't compete with the Dodgers, but i think there trying to make smart moves instead of fast moves, which is why they're waiting, but a big move will come.

[@Robert-hr6pj]

Exactly, waiting for Vlad next year.

[@markgonzalez8828]

@@Robert-hr6pjyou mean overpay for vlad

[@Xenlacasa45]

But it hasn't come. You can't just sign Soto and sign nobody after. It's almost like they just wanted to throw their fan base a bone 🦴 and shut up but now that fan base is hungry the bone has been chewed

[@nickmorris9311]

These guys are hilarious. Just contradicting themselves left and right

[@TheKilrmy]

The Mets don’t need to react to what the Dodgers are doing. They play each other seven times a season. The Mets need to focus on winning the NL East and worry about the Dodgers if/when they play each other in the playoffs. It’s pathetic that everyone is looking at the Dodgers and thinking the Mets need to keep pace.

[@Labby17]

They definitely need to keep pace with the Dodgers and with the Phillies & Braves 2 teams in their division if you think otherwise you’re delusional sorry to say but it’s true.

[@MH-qm3vs]

You need to counter Dodgers because that's who you'll need to beat to get to WS

[@Patriots92]

Delusional 😂

[@TheKilrmy]

@@MH-qm3vs Oh really? So the Dodgers don’t need to play 162 regular season games and then make it to the NLCS? It’s just a given that they are the team that will guaranteed be there? And if the Mets focus on what the Dodgers are doing then they won’t need to worry about winning their own division and beating everyone else in order to get to the Dodgers? Hilarious that people are worrying about the Dodgers as if the Mets are the second best team behind the Dodgers. The Mets have far more to worry about and more immediate needs than what the Dodgers are doing. The Mets don’t need to be better than the Dodgers until they play each other in the playoffs. So, no, the Mets don’t need to worry about what the Dodgers are doing in January. The Mets need to worry about the Mets needs and the holes they need to fill.

[@iiMungo]

Good segment fellas

[@lecannois]

Mets were a better team than the Yankees last season IMO. So the gap is actually bigger with Yankees.

[@Xenlacasa45]

Yankees reinforced themselves with Williams and fried. Bellinger and Goldschmidt will have better seasons. Jasson Dominguez will get more playing time. AL is looking weak Yankees will be right back in the world series

[@hussnyawad6631]

Yankees fan here. Not embarrassed one bit. If anything been there done that and it doesn’t work as great as you would think

[@mitchellcheng3382]

Why can’t I help thinking that it’s a loser mentality from the players. Isn’t it boring? I get its business but still. A WS win with the ‘25 dodgers is going mean “nice you showed up to work”

[@Xenlacasa45]

That's how I feel about sasaki tail sniffing yamamoto and Othani' they're all following each other

[@JorgeFeliz-v4l]

Not at all .. the only advantage the dodgers have they back up by the mlb because of the Japaneses

[@alandesgrange9703]

The NFL has salary caps to keep things closer. The player's union will never allow that. They would strike. The game will suffer until things get worse.

[@mcncheese69]

NFL it's the same teams every year

[@jqight740]

@@mcncheese69boils down to how they manage their organization at the end of the day.

[@youngtripp5184]

They need to add a salary cap. We’re more teams can actually compete. Every sport has a salary cap, but the MLB.

[@camerongiesa3554]

How are the Mets and Yankees embarrassed? Sure the Dodgers are signing a free agent a day, but they still can only field 9 guys at a time, and can only bat one player at a time! The game is still played the same way, same rules, right?

[@matta6395]

The Dodgers are the richest team in the league. They can do whatever they want. And that’s a problem

[@carlossantos1784]

They are embarrassing the Mets we went a got us a good pitcher a good OF a better 1b than last year a better closer y’all only got Soto and I’m still waiting for king cohen the king of nyc and his unlimited wallet to start walking instead of talking

[@3912James]

How are the Dodgers embarrassing the Mets when the Japanese players know from JUMP they want to play for the Dodgers?

[@Floww23]

Super teams do not work in sports all of them even soccer they’ve tried that twice it just doesn’t so people calm down

[@Xenlacasa45]

The dodgers definitely work though they just won the world series and have reinforced themselves

[@jamesbingham1007]

Dalton Rushing and Dustin May are going to cook this year for the Dodgers and most fans around the country don't even know those two names.

[@donhumphrey8539]

Tanner Scott turned down more money from the Cubs per reports. Nothing you can do about played preference

[@heathhenderson8235]

Is he really crashing out over Tanner Scott. I love this show.

[@petschy9]

I feel like the dodgers know that the world is ending in 5 years that’s why they are trying to win as many championships as they can lol

[@knowyourbassplayer]

Play the games! Dynamics shift during the long season. New star players emerge... established star players face... injuries...

[@eddisonkolnmeier-schneedeu6763]

The Mets does not want Pete Alonso. He is a uni-dimensional player, no multifacetic.

[@Xenlacasa45]

So let him go and don't replace him with anyone ? That's stupid. Mets had their chance to sign another free agent to replace his bat but sat down after signing Soto. Now they definitely have to sign Alonso

[@alexnhan8527]

Yeah, but we go Juan Soto. Bahahaha. They shot their wad on 1 player. Good luck with that.

[@jasperclement6320]

God I love this headline.

[@thegameksk]

Its Stearns. This is what he does. He is trash. He is made for a small market team not a big market team.

[@Xenlacasa45]

This guy is giving me wilpon vibes he needs to go. If Cohen is so rich we haven't they signed anyone after Soto

[@Danzo67296]

Let me tell you something if the Dodgers don't win 5 in the next 10 world series they're only embarrassing themselves in the last 30 years they have as many world series championships as the the Astros Cardinals Marlins one less than the Giants one less than the Red Sox 3 less than the Yankees they better f****** win

[@s.w.6877]

Dodgers = modern day Yankees

[@bibelot8962]

The dumbest thing is to compare teams from different divisions. The Dodgers has nothing to do with the Yankees, except for taking key players from the AL division rivals.

[@Xenlacasa45]

It's not dumb Yankees and dodgers just squared off in the world series

[@bibelot8962]

@Xenlacasa45 , the Dodgers lineup has nothing to do with the Yankees lineup and vice versa until as you said until or if they meet at world series. The Yankees could have taken 3 of the 5 games in the last world series, it didn't end that way and the rest is history. Anything can happen in a world series., once you get that far into the season.

[@richardgaines9450]

Dodgers will win 130 games plus WS

[@RapidTransit1941]

Good we should have kept them in Brooklyn, I am glad.

[@GoDodgerBlueScarletBuckeye]

Deferred payments is not sneaky

[@robertrivera7000]

Weak free agent class this off-season, no need to overpay for this current crop of free agents

[@guesswhojust]

Huge yanks fan here things can change but where I stand now I hate 1 Dodgers 2 Red Sox 3 Astros 4 Mets In that order

[@CRM1299]

Season hasn’t even started and everyone is chalking it up like the Dodgers already won the 2025 WS lol. It’s baseball, anything can happen. How have they ‘embarrassed’ the NY teams if not a single game has been played? Let’s see how the season goes

[@Xenlacasa45]

They already beat the Mets and the Yankees and are now getting better by signing players while the Mets sign nobody

[@CRM1299]

Nobody? I would check that again brotha. Again it’s baseball so anything can happen

[@Dan-tt8sn]

The Dodgers made almost $250 million more than the Mets last year. That’s why they could do this in the Mets can’t. The Mets are already in the negative every year.

[@applefanboy5706]

The owner is worth 21 billion

[@Dan-tt8sn]

@@applefanboy5706 and? He’s supposed to lose $300M every year? He won’t be a billionaire for a long if he keeps doing that. Completely unsustainable. And the company that owns the Dodgers is worth $335 billion. No competing with that. Plus the Dodgers make a ton more in revenue and were only plus $26M last year. Do you know how much in the negative the Mets would be if they spent $500M like the dodgers are doing? There’s a reason why the Mets are staying under $300M for the payroll this year. Don’t expect any more additions, except for maybe Alonso.

[@frankducky6130]

@@applefanboy5706 he's losing money on the Mets.

[@sharkvaderstudios]

It took the Dodgers 13 years to be able to do this. Its not like they did this coming out the gates. They took 13 years to build rhat farm system and make themselves what they are now. I dont want Cohen and Stearns to go dollar for dollar with the Dodgers.

[@Xenlacasa45]

They're signing guys now what farm system ? These are all new signings that Mets should have signed. Dodgers are making moves Mets are making ZERO moves this is the problem. How can you justify at this point now the lack of moves made ? When they signed Soto ok that was great but it's been a while since that happened and nothing

[@eddisonkolnmeier-schneedeu6763]

It's the management of, both, Mets &Yanks, is completely suck. Cashman 'the Caveman' and Bunny 'Boom' need to be fired...

[@prospectbasement6723]

is this the kamanetzky brothers amirite

[@salvatoremuoio4736]

Mets should bring back OMG. Key piece to last year

[@Xenlacasa45]

That omg thing is stupid something a teenager would say. Who came up with that Anyway

[@JohnC_90]

We don’t hate you because you’re not good enough to even be considered competition😮😮😮😮

[@Rocky555Washington]

Bt and sal yall the best to do it

[@Youtubesucks777]

Mets will get vladdy and acuna jr. In 2026. We will get our Rings in the second half of this remaining decade.

[@hunterx8006]

you will not get shit with your Sotto signing and thats 15 years😂😂😂

[@anthonyflores9800]

There’s nobody out there left for either team to beat the dodgers. Half the yankees lineup can’t hit & Soto will not have the same numbers as last yr

[@Xenlacasa45]

Soto can have great numbers though but your right about the Yankees