Yamamoto To Dodgers - Used Mets As Leverage; Yanks Get Verdugo; Rams Beat Saints; Mets Season Has Zero Expectations (Hour 1)

Published: Dec. 22, 2023, 3:11 p.m.

Yamamoto is going to the Dodgers on a 12-year, $325 million deal. The Mets made the same offer and he chose LA. He could have offered more or he could have offered the same money for 10-years. And the Yankees offered less. The Dodgers are the new evil empire. So it will be another average season for the Mets. This was a big prize for them and they missed out. Boomer thinks Yamamoto used the Mets to get to a number just to have the Dodgers match it. Steve Cohen is becoming the guy everyone uses for leverage to get more money from the team they want to play for. He\u2019s a trampoline. Gio doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s the worst thing in the world for the Mets and Yankees. The Yankees added Juan Soto so they have something new headed into the season. Gio said baseball free agency is like being in college and trying to pick up women in a bar. Jerry is here for his first update and has audio from Alex Verdugo as he\u2019s excited to be a Yankee. Derek Jeter said he didn\u2019t have kids while he was playing because he was selfish. The Rams beat the Saints last night. Bill Cowher talked about George Pickens not blocking because he doesn\u2019t want to get injured. Cowher said they need to put Kenny Pickens under center. Mike Kafka talked about Tommy DeVito getting ready to play Philly on Monday. The Pistons lost again, that\u2019s now 25 in a row. In the final segment of the hour, Yamamoto is going to the Dodgers. The Mets offered the same, the Yankees offered him less, but for less years. Boomer said the Dodgers now have one of the best lineups in the history of baseball. On paper of course. The Mets have no expectations now, so maybe that\u2019s good, considering what we had last year. Gio called Cohen & Stearns \u2018The Property Brothers\u2019, going in and working with what they got.\xa0