Mets & Yankees trade deadline | Boomer & Gio
WFAN Daily
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🗓️ 19 July 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Steve Cohen wants to chase “autumn glory” but will David Stearns pivot that far from his plan? Boomer and Gio can’t remember any team that has actively talked about buying as much as the Mets players have the last few weeks. Gio says that he thinks the Yankees will still win the AL East but wonders if Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman will be aggressive at the trade deadline. They have to be all-in. What starter among the trio of Nestor Cortes, Marcus Stroman and Carlos Rodon can be trusted the most?
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| 0:00.0 | David Stearns is a loner. |
| 0:02.1 | He is a guy that is basically detached. |
| 0:04.9 | He sits and watches from afar. |
| 0:07.0 | He's not a very engaging guy. |
| 0:08.8 | He's more of an analytical guy. |
| 0:10.4 | He did not grow up playing baseball. |
| 0:12.6 | You know, one of the reasons the Milwaukee Brewers were so successful all these years under his tutelage was because he was ruthless. |
| 0:19.7 | Now, ruthless is, you know, can be done in a lot of different ways. |
| 0:23.1 | Ruthlessness at the GM level. |
| 0:25.5 | We've seen it. |
| 0:26.5 | We've seen Chris Drury do it. |
| 0:27.9 | We've seen Lou Lamarillo do it. |
| 0:30.1 | We've seen other GMs try to do it. |
| 0:32.7 | We've seen Joe Shane going through it right now in front of everybody. |
| 0:37.1 | But, you know, this is where ultimately David Stearns will decide whether or not this team is going to go and see if they can go for it. |
| 0:46.3 | Now, I know one thing. |
| 0:47.4 | From the people that I have talked to that have worked with him, you know, he is not a guy that is going to mortgage the future of the franchise. |
| 0:54.9 | Just know that. |
| 0:55.9 | Especially right now in this particular iteration of the New York Mets. |
| 1:00.2 | It would be really silly to do that since what they're trying to do is the exact opposite |
| 1:03.7 | and rebuild the farm system. |
| 1:05.8 | That was one of the main reasons he was brought here. |
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