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Mets Sell Off Begins & Yankees Deadline Panic Hits Breaking Point! C-Mac Losing His Mind

The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle

August 3, 2026

C-Mac is sweating bullets as the Yankees continue searching for a catcher with the clock ticking. The guys debate whether Aaron Judge can return in time for the playoffs, how many at-bats he needs to get ready, and whether the Yankees have done enough to become a true World Series contender.
Speakers: Craig Carton, Chris McMonigle, Pete Hoffman
**Craig Carton** (0:00)
Thanks for the memories, Luke Weaver, gone!

**Chris McMonigle** (0:07)
Luke Weaver, gone!

**Craig Carton** (0:07)
Waskir Broskobak, gone!

**Chris McMonigle** (0:09)
Broskobak, gone!

**Craig Carton** (0:10)
Freddie Peralta, gone!
AJ. Minter, gone! Brooks Raley, gone! Ben Wardfat, gone!

**Chris McMonigle** (0:24)
You know what Ben Wardfat is?

**Craig Carton** (0:27)
He just say names in my ear, I'm just saying them. Yeah, I have no idea if any of those guys even play for the M.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:36)
Listen, they have to, they, there's still more to do for them. For the Mets? Yeah, I would still move homes.

**Craig Carton** (0:40)
Well, shedding salary, yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:42)
Yeah, I would still move homes.

**Craig Carton** (0:43)
I think Clive Holmes gets traded.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:44)
I think he has to.

**Craig Carton** (0:45)
I'm not sure, he gets traded, because he's too valuable not to get traded, right?
There'll be some team that wants him. I think, do you think there's going to be a flurry of trades? Not a big name necessarily, but what's your prediction right now with an hour and 24 minutes to go, 23 minutes to go? You just lost a minute right there.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:08)
I don't know.

**Craig Carton** (1:08)
What, the Yanks are making you sweat.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:11)
Let me ask you a question. They're going to get a catcher. Let me ask you a question.

**Craig Carton** (1:13)
They have to get a catcher. Let's say the Yankees get the dude from Cincinnati, who's the last guy left, that Stevenson guy, right? Yeah. All right. If I, I'm just wondering from a fan, you know, I like the odds of sports. We've talked about a million times. Like I hate blowouts. I like close games, which is why I like the Nick run was extra special because of the way they won, right?
If you're going to get the catcher anyway, my gut is you wish it happened yesterday. Yeah. As opposed to the sweating out the pending six o'clock deadline.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:44)
Yes.

**Craig Carton** (1:45)
So you get them either way.
You would have rather gotten them yesterday. Than have to sweat this out.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:50)
Well, here's the thing. Like I'd rather have them yesterday, but you also tend to forget. Like nobody really cares about. We'll see them tonight. Maybe a little home run and we'll remind ourselves that they got a good hitter here. But right now, because the deadline is here and they know they have other needs, no one even cares they got Garcia yesterday. We're all focused on what you do today. What they do today. Like, so you're waiting. Even if they would have got Stevenson yesterday, today I'd be sitting here going, they need more. They need more. This isn't enough. What are they going to do? So no matter what they did, at least I would have the catcher in my back pocket, but I would still be sitting here going, this isn't enough. They need more.

**Craig Carton** (2:20)
So if they had gotten the catcher and Garcia over the weekend, I'd feel better.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:24)
You'd still be sweating right now? I'd still be sweating right now. That's fair.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:26)
Because they need more. Okay. I'm looking to really improve the team and make them a legitimate World Series team.

**Craig Carton** (2:33)
Right.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:33)
They're not there yet. Is there a world where Stan comes back?

**Craig Carton** (2:36)
I think they're a World Series team with the starting pitching they have.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:39)
They have that ability, but the offense is so bad.

**Craig Carton** (2:40)
You just get those guys to go on a three-week run.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:43)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (2:43)
Who's touching them?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:44)
The offense is so bad. They're the worst in the sport.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:47)
That is a problem.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:47)
And I can't trust those guys coming back. I can't trust it.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:50)
You just need an extra running game is all you need.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:53)
I do think Judge is coming back, at like the very least. Judge will come back and play in the playoffs.

**Craig Carton** (2:58)
But what's that based on? That's hope.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:00)
Him playing anyway.

**Craig Carton** (3:00)
No, that's hope.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:01)
Him playing through a broken bone.

**Craig Carton** (3:04)
That's hope.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:04)
I think he plays anyway.

**Craig Carton** (3:06)
Well, then where is he?

**Chris McMonigle** (3:07)
What are we doing?

**Chris McMonigle** (3:07)
He's not going to do it now. He'll do it right before the playoffs.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:11)
Like come back mid-September, get two weeks under your belt kind of thing?

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