Hour 4: Juan Soto Might Miss the Yankees.....

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
If you are in the car on your way to a city field to watch another loss, appreciate you hanging with us here. We've got Yankee Baseball at the top of the hour with Susan and Dave coming up, and Manuel Barberino as well.
In about 32 minutes from right now, Mets of course take one on the chin to start off the double header today. It's a split double header. That way you get two entry fees for the Mets, who also according to one person there, tried to offer you upgraded seats, once you're in the ballpark, first come first serve, but of course they wanted to charge you for those upgrades. So people are not happy right now. People are happier with the Norwegian fans doing the row boats out in the outfield than they were with anything the Mets did today. Here is Frank in Newark, New Jersey on the fan. Frank, how you doing today, pal?

**Frank** (0:49)
Hey, what's going on, Craigy? Hey, Craigy, I called to get on Big Mac a little bit, man. I want to ride on Big Mac, give him some Met misery.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:58)
Let's do it. I don't know what this Met misery feels like, but good luck trying.

**Frank** (1:03)
Listen, man, so remember about three weeks ago, you gave the hypothetical, you know, Knicks championship at the expense of Judge, right? For the year.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:13)
And I was right not to need the guarantee because they did it anyway.

**Frank** (1:17)
No, you're absolutely wrong because you don't get a championship and you don't get Judge anyway for most of the year.
And you had 10 years of Judge anyway and without a championship so I don't know why you wouldn't give a guarantee. And it was only hypothetical.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:32)
But I didn't need the guarantee because I believed in the Knicks. Frank, well played, sir.

**Craig Carton** (1:36)
Well played by Frank in Newark. That's my guy right there. Huh?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:39)
What do you mean well played?

**Craig Carton** (1:40)
Well played. Frank also knows the best Brazilian steak houses in Newark. So that's my guy. Don't mess with my guy.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:46)
Now listen, I was right. I won all the hypotheticals because I didn't need the guarantee.

**Craig Carton** (1:50)
No, you don't get to play that after the fact.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:52)
Yeah, it is.

**Craig Carton** (1:53)
No, it's not.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:54)
I got what you were offering anyway without giving up anything. That makes me the winner.

**Craig Carton** (1:58)
I think you lost respect.

**Frank** (2:00)
No, I didn't.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:02)
I wouldn't. We already went through this.
I wouldn't give up anything at all, any championship at all on any side to guarantee anything. So that's all. Like if you would have told me I guarantee the Yankee championship, but the Knicks have to lose, I would say no. But your proposition was I'll guarantee you a Nick championship. And no judge. To me in my mind.

**Craig Carton** (2:22)
Was that what it was?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:23)
That was the thing.

**Craig Carton** (2:24)
Judge doesn't come back this year.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:25)
Judge never comes back. You didn't even say the Yankees lose. You just said judge doesn't come back.

**Craig Carton** (2:28)
No judge rested away.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:29)
It was right after the injury in my mind. It's so hard for them to win without judge that I kind of think of it the same way.

**Craig Carton** (2:33)
Turns out they don't really even eat them.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:34)
I won't. Well, yes they do. They're playing.

**Craig Carton** (2:36)
I'm sorry, it turns out like judge maybe not as big a factor as people think.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:40)
No, he's a big factor.

**Craig Carton** (2:41)
Which also proves the point.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:42)
You're not going to win without him.

**Craig Carton** (2:43)
There's no one individual guy in baseball that you have to have to win a championship.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:48)
No. Well, I think that's true.

**Connor** (2:49)
Right Which is why we gotta stop giving guys $500 million contracts.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:54)
The biggest and most recent one is Ronald Lacuna Jr. He's one of the best players in baseball. In 2021 he went down with a knee injury and the Braves won the World Series anyway. That's the big example right now.

**Craig Carton** (3:04)
That's the biggest question. It's real fast. It's an evergreen question I could ask you at any point just on my mind today because Soto's not playing tonight either. You have to win to get the two out of bats. There's some people saying that he hates Lindor and will not play in the same team as Lindor.