Mets Trade Clay Holmes to Cubs as Yankees Deadline Pressure Mounts

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
Thanks for the Memories, Luke Weaver, gone! Oscar Braskeback, gone!

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

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

**SPEAKER_3** (0:24)
That it?

**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)
I guess when they have to, there's still more to do for them.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:39)
For the Mets?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:40)
Yeah, I would still move Holmes.

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

**Chris McMonigle** (0:41)
Yeah, I would still move Holmes.

**Craig Carton** (0:43)
I think Clay 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, or 23 minutes to go? Oh, you just lost a minute right there. I don't know. Boy, the Yanks are making you sweat. Let me ask you a question. They're going to get a catcher. Let me ask you this question.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:13)
Because they have to get a catcher.

**Craig Carton** (1:14)
Let's say the Yankees get the dude from Cincinnati who's the last guy left, that Stevenson guy, right?

**SPEAKER_3** (1:19)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (1:19)
All right, if I, I'm just wondering from a fan, you know I like the odds of sports, we've talked about it a million times. Like, I hate blowouts, I like close games, which is why, 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 6 o'clock deadline. Yes. 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 we 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 did you do today? What did 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? Like, 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** (2:21)
So if they had gotten the catcher and Garcia over the weekend, I'd feel better. You'd still be sweating right now? I'd still be sweating right now. Okay, 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)
Like, they're not there yet. Could they, 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)
Because you just give those guys to go on a three week run. Yeah. Who's touching?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:44)
But the offense is so bad, they're the worst in the sport.

**Craig Carton** (2:47)
That is a problem.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:48)
And I can't trust those guys coming back. I can't trust it.

**SPEAKER_3** (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** (2:57)
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? What are we doing?

**Chris McMonigle** (3:07)
No, he's not going to do it now. He'll do it right before the playoffs.

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