New York Mets Offseason Recap: Juan Soto Signs Record Deal

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00:00Well, the biggest move of the offseason went to the New York Mets.

00:03They signed Juan Soto, but you knew that already.

00:05But what you don't know is maybe the rest of their lineup.

00:07This is projected courtesy of Fangraphs.

00:09Craig and George, back with you, as Lindor leads off.

00:13He has been a superstar virtually every year of his career.

00:16My gosh, how good is he?

00:17Juan Soto, Pete Alonzo's back with the Mets.

00:19Brandon Nimmo, the star-in-waiting, maybe Mark Vientos,

00:24who was so good for them last year.

00:25Jesse Winker, Francisco Alvarez.

00:28McNeil had such a rough season last year,

00:30you would think there'd be some bounce back there.

00:32And then the Mets acquired Jose Siri to play the outfield.

00:34Really interesting not pictured there, George.

00:37Once upon a time, probably four or five years ago,

00:41you couldn't get out of the second or third round

00:43without taking Starling Marte, right?

00:4520 home runs, 20 stolen bases,

00:47always really good with Pittsburgh,

00:48then Arizona, Miami, was a really good player.

00:51Seems to be coming to the end of the line,

00:52maybe, as a starter there, which is a little bit surprising.

00:55And maybe it shouldn't be,

00:56maybe the Mets just go out and do whatever they want.

00:58Cohen signs whoever they want, that's what they do.

01:00He says he wants more fans there this season.

01:02I think they're gonna get it.

01:04This is a fantastic, George, one, two, three.

01:08Fantasy, reality, starting lineup.

01:10This is a tough to beat in all of Major League Baseball

01:13to see those three names at the top of the lineup.

01:17Yeah, hitting's not gonna be the Mets' issue.

01:19They're gonna hit, right?

01:20And they're gonna hit a lot.

01:21I don't think there's any doubt about that here.

01:23Everything you said is true there, Marte,

01:25but there's a lot of talk about Marte here.

01:27He's sort of been told,

01:28do you want to be on the wrong end of a platoon

01:29or would you like us to find you another team?

01:32So as to how true that is, who knows?

01:34But he would be on the wrong end of a platoon here,

01:36as the righty and the righty left the platoon with a winker.

01:39I don't know how many left-handers you're gonna see there,

01:40although I think teams will throw more left-handers

01:42at the Mets, hoping to neutralize Juan Soto.

01:44But the Mets, a lot of good right-handed bats.

01:46I mean, the Mets are gonna hit.

01:47It doesn't matter who you throw at, the Mets are going to hit.

01:49It should be a fun team hitting.

01:51They sort of remind me of the 80s Yankees,

01:53the late 80s Yankees, where, boy, Yankees could hit,

01:56but they couldn't pitch.

01:57All right, a lot of, you know, a lot of overs,

01:59is what I'm trying to tell you about the Mets.

02:00A lot of team overs, a lot of game overs here,

02:02a lot of 9-7 games coming up in their future here,

02:04but they'll be a fun team to watch.

02:06And they will draw more this year.

02:07The Mets, remember, the Mets started off terrible last year.

02:10They lost their first five games

02:11and they never really turned it around

02:12to the second half here.

02:13So they'll definitely draw more here.

02:15But hey, Steve, if you want people to come to the games,

02:17you might want to lower those prices, all right?

02:19And I don't mean just the parking,

02:20which they did this week.

02:22Parking was 60 bucks, they lowered it to 40 bucks.

02:24Well, maybe it's the ticket price,

02:25then the concession price and everything else.

02:27We want people to really come to the games here.

02:29Family of four can't afford to go.

02:32Yeah, no, it's, look,

02:33sports have gone up a lot in every way,

02:35and that's just the nature of the beast.

02:38Juan Soto, where is he going in fantasy draft, George?

02:40Is he, where exactly would you take Soto this season?

02:46Well, we already discussed last week, right?

02:48Judge, Witt, Otani, there's your one, two, three.

02:51I think Soto would go anywhere after that.

02:52You know, I have him more at six.

02:54You know, I think that's where he's going to go

02:56in the Mookie Betts range.

02:58He said, he's not going to hit 40 plus home runs, right?

03:00Yankee Stadium certainly helped him last year,

03:02but he'll hit 32, 33.

03:03So you find, yeah, the average is going to be great.

03:05Everything's going to be great.

03:06Driving a million runs,

03:07he's going to score a million runs here.

03:09So I have no problem with him from four on.

03:11I am at six, but if someone drafts him at four,

03:13I'm not arguing with you.

03:14I just wouldn't take him ahead of Witt, Otani, and Judge.

03:17That's it, after that, you're good.

03:19Yeah, 27 home runs last season, George,

03:22for Mark Vientos at third base.

03:24Like that was one of the big surprises

03:26for the Mets last season.

03:27Can you do it again?

03:30Boy, he was good last year.

03:32You know, I like when young players,

03:34when they realize it, right?

03:35Then he realized, he figured it out.

03:36Remember, Brett Beatty was supposed to be

03:37their third baseman.

03:38Brett Beatty got a brand new SUV yesterday

03:41from Juan Soto, by the way, for giving up 22.

03:44Good for him.

03:45By the way, Beatty, they need to trade him.

03:47He needs to get out of there and get to another team.

03:49So he gets a shot.

03:50It's not gonna be with the Mets.

03:52I think Vientos will do it again.

03:53Yeah, a little bit of softball jinx, sure.

03:55Baseball is a game of adjustments here.

03:56Teams have certainly looked at him,

03:58trying to find a hold in the swing during the offseason.

04:00Can he make those adjustments?

04:01I think he can.

04:02I think he's going to be a star.

04:04Wouldn't call him a star already.

04:05Gotta do it again.

04:06But I think he's going to be a star.

04:07I think the Mets have themselves something there.

04:10That being said, not the greatest defensive third baseman.

04:13Not Rafael Devers, but he's not too far off that either.

04:17Now, the starting rotation already took a hit with

04:19Frankie Montas being out for a period of time.

04:21But unfortunately for Frankie Montas,

04:22we've heard that before on teams that he's been on.

04:24So the Mets are going to have to pick up the pieces here.

04:27They already did with the acquisition of Clay Holmes.

04:30They've decided to make him into a starter.

04:32That's definitely one of the more polarizing

04:34fantasy stories of the season.

04:36Can Holmes pitch 130 innings in a season?

04:39Can he make 25 starts?

04:40It'll be fascinating to see.

04:43Kodai Senga to me, George, one of the more underrated players.

04:45I think we just forgot about how good he was,

04:48missing some of last year.

04:49Sean Mania, his best year ever, got him a multi-year contract.

04:52But I think as you said, George, you look at these names

04:56and you're like, oof, like, I don't know.

04:57Like, is this good enough to get you to the trade deadline

05:01when you maybe acquire someone?

05:03And, you know, hard to blame the Mets to do more.

05:06I'm not saying Montas was the savior here,

05:08but they felt like they at least had a number three

05:10or four starter here.

05:11I don't think we're going to see him for a while.

05:14Montas took me in June when we see him.

05:17Listen, Montas, he was a nothing anyway, in my mind.

05:20Three or four, I think, was being nice.

05:21I had more four or five, a depth starter,

05:24which they have a ton of.

05:25All right, listen, Mania, all right.

05:28Can you do it again?

05:29Did you figure it out?

05:30I know the new arm slot, you were sort of more like Chris Sayle.

05:33Okay, I need to see it again.

05:35Kodai Senga, just stay healthy.

05:36I know you're a decent pitcher here.

05:38Two, three.

05:39After that, this is all depth.

05:41All right, Peterson, Holmes, Blackburn, Canning.

05:43You want to throw Montas in here.

05:45I would have liked to have seen one more good starter.

05:48He would have loved Corbin Burns going here.

05:49I know Burns got a ton of money here,

05:51but it's not like Cohen can't afford it,

05:52and he assigns everybody else here.

05:54One more top starter, and I would have loved the Mets,

05:57loved what they did here.

05:58But hey, you know what?

06:00You didn't do it.

06:00And if, like I said, this is the 80s Yankees.

06:03It'll work during the regular season.

06:05You can win a lot of 8-6 games during the regular season.

06:07It won't work during the playoffs.

06:09It's not going to work during the playoffs.

06:11You're going to need, I think you're sort of hinting at,

06:13at the deadline, you're going to need that guy.

06:15Whoever, you know, comes loose from another team.

06:17And the Mets, by the way, have the prospects to get

06:19whoever they want.

06:20All right, they can go out and get anybody.

06:21Their farm system is good.

06:22So maybe that's what they're waiting for.

06:24See, well, who's going to come loose?

06:26Who's going to be this year's Garrett Crochet

06:27that they can go out and get by the deadline?

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