Hour 1: Kodai Senga Melts Down Again & Possibly the Worst NBA Draft Ever

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
It's The Carton Show with Big Mac on a gorgeous Wednesday afternoon here in New York City. Great to have you on board. Phone number to join as always, 888-808-109.
Got a great show for you today as the New York Yankees take care of business yesterday and just as the sports gods planned it, the Lollipopper with the key hit late to give the Yankees the lead that they don't relinquish to get the extra home run from Wells after that. And the Yankees split the, double pardon me. It's okay. The first two games of the series against Detroit, but major possible breaking news.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:35)
Really?

**Craig Carton** (0:36)
With the New York Mets and a situation that's gonna have to be discussed, I think, throughout the day and maybe days to come. As you know, Francisco Landoz played his last rehab assignment game and will be rejoining the Mets here.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:51)
Today?

**Craig Carton** (0:51)
Today against the Cubs, I guess for the second game.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:53)
The thought is he's gonna be back with the Mets for the second game of this doubleheader, yeah?

**Craig Carton** (0:57)
And as Francisco Landoz makes his return, Juan Soto will not be playing against the Chicago Cubs in either of the two games today. As you saw yesterday, had a little wincy action after both of his at-bats yesterday. There's a storyline out there that Juan Soto does not want to play on the same team as Francisco Landoz. And now that Landoz is back, you will not see Juan Soto for the New York Mets.
Any truth to that, Big Mac? Your thoughts?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:29)
They haven't played together yet this year.

**Craig Carton** (1:31)
That's correct. It's been said, I have no proof of this, that they're not the best of friends.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:37)
That's for sure.

**Craig Carton** (1:37)
And it appears that they're somewhat cold to one another. Right?
But it's interesting that on the day that Landoz comes back, Soto will not be playing.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:50)
He heard that Landoz, this is what you are hearing.

**Craig Carton** (1:54)
I don't know if the guy is saying it.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:55)
I just talked to a lot of people.

**Craig Carton** (1:57)
This is the thought out there, big guy.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:58)
There was some anticipation that Landoz was going to be activated today.

**Craig Carton** (2:02)
Yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:02)
And because of that, all of a sudden, a little wincey action on the swing.

**Craig Carton** (2:06)
Can't go tomorrow.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:06)
And then even on the bench, making sure he's wearing some sort of heating pad around his back.

**Craig Carton** (2:11)
Uh-huh. Gotta play it up.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:13)
Clearly he's hurt.

**Craig Carton** (2:13)
Gotta sell it.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:14)
I mean, he's clearly hurt.

**Craig Carton** (2:16)
And he's having a great season, by the way. He might be the MVP, the National League.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:20)
Well, unfortunately, he plays for the Mets, so I don't know if he would be the MVP. Fair point. And he's having a great year, there's no doubt. There is a little bit of lacking of that big...
He still hasn't even had in the last two years, like, the big classic moment as a Mets.

**Craig Carton** (2:33)
Well, when you're 10 games under 500, hard to have that kind of moment.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:36)
And when you have the second half they had last year, and he struggled at the beginning first month and a half or so, and when I say struggled, struggled for Juan Soto, not struggled for the mere mortal. But yeah, he's having an incredible season, and it's unfortunate again that it seems like he's getting hurt just, and you can't get these two guys together. It's like the Yankees can't get max three.

**Craig Carton** (2:53)
Maybe they don't want to get together.
That's what I want to be clear.
This isn't like a hot take thing. It's not like, oh, I need clicks, dude. I got more than enough clicks. We have 15.3 billion views of our interview with Jim Dahl. I got half a billion on my own with the podcast. Like I don't need any extra views. I'm good. I'm just telling you that there are people that are chirping about this in the world of baseball and they're not saying it's factual. They're asking the question. They're saying, hmm, that's interesting. They really have not played together at all this year. Lindor is now back. You know, interesting that the day he comes back, Soto is out. I'm putting it out there for discussion. I'm putting it out there with a bit of a smile on my face. Just because I think it's comical that that thought is out there. But I can't disprove it.