From a Mets perspective, I thought there was going to be a little bit more. Can't go nuts. Yankees, I thought they should have done a little bit more. But again, can't go nuts because they added the bullpens. I think it was a good deadline that improved both ball clubs. But I don't think it was a home run as much as people are saying here. I thought you'd be a little bit more excited. I'm pumped, man. I think New York baseball is on fire right now.

Think about what we've dissected here, Sal.

You know, all the calls and all the debates and the conversations, really, for a couple of months now. What both teams needed. I think both teams address their biggest need for sure, the bullpen in big ways. Now, listen, I get it. there's still some variables here, you know, for a Yankee perspective,

judges' health and Louise Heels return and what he looks like. Now, listen, I get it. There's still some variables here, you know, for a Yankee perspective,

judges' health and Louise Heels return and what he looks like for both teams, the back end of the starting pitching. And listen, if there's a critique there, you know, Cashman could have landed

one he tried. Stearns could have landed one. He tried. But I look at these reinforcements that are

that are massive upgrades and really

plug in some holes that were threatening to destroy the seasons. And not only they hear,

but neither team gave up any top prospect. I think they crushed it. Well, right, that's the

thing. So you're more concerned about not giving up top prospects than you are improving the ball clubs.

No, because I think you could do both. And I think both teams... What do you mean they didn't get? Well, they don't... What? Both teams got better. Yes. Okay. But did they go all in? Did they do enough? Well, the Yankees didn't get that started that they won. You could say, well, they tried. Well, trying it, since when is trying good enough?

Well, they tried.

You know, maybe the Mets tried to get Robert, but ended up with Mollins. Like, it's an upgrade. It's nice. I'm not going to go nuts and knock each team because they were aggressive. They made the moves at the bare. They did the bare minimum. The Mets needed the center fielder. They got one. The Yankees needed the third baseman. They got one. Both teams needed to revamp their bullpens.

They did.

That's right. the bare minimum. The Mets needed a center fielder. They got one. The Yankees needed the third baseman.

They got one.

Both teams needed to revamp their bullpens. They did. That to me is the bare minimum. Neither team went over the top to make me feel super excited about the rest of the way. Yeah, I didn't need either team to go over the top because both teams were good. both teams were flawed and both teams were presenting Yankees certainly more recently issues that, again, were threatening to just destroy the season.

I love what they did. I mean, the Yankees brought in seven guys. So listen, the starting pitching,

I understand. Now, you know, from the Mets perspective, Manaya has got to stay healthy, Sanga's got to get his act together. You know, I love Peterson. From the Yankees perspective, Rodon, you can't fully trust him. Freed's got to remain the bulldog that he's been. And obviously, you want to see, he'll come back. But you see, we can fixate on the starting pitching. And I'm not saying that I totally disagree. I mean, if both teams would have gotten a back-end starter,

then I think we're looking at A plus. I'm not quite handing out A pluses. I'm handing out A's and A minuses, but I think there's also different ways to try to win. There's a conventional way where you give the baseball to a starter, and he goes, you know, five or six, which is nice. You'd love to see it. But then there's the other way where you piece it together. And you can't piece it together if you don't have any arms back there that could get the job done. So I look at what the Mets have now. Now, I would have maybe liked another lefty. Maybe somebody, you know, Tim Hill's a soft tosser. Maybe get somebody throwing cheese. Now, the Mets went that route with Soto. Again, not perfect. But this is about bridging, bridging innings and piecing games together. And you've got two months to make sure you win enough games you get to the postseason. And I think that at this point, both teams will. and I wasn't so sure about the Yankees a few weeks ago.

But the real key is when you get to October, your star's got to play well. And that means judge, and that means Pete, and that means Lindor, and that means Soto. And you've got to make the right

moves and coming out and maximizing the arms for the matchups.

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