That was Saturday morning. Mike Francesa had the NFL show on Sundays. At least from September through January. But I began listening to Maddog from the beginning, 1989. I was a route driver in Northern NJ. Stern in the morning and then Mike and the Maddog in the afternoon.
I agreed until he got with Alex Cora, Altuve, Hinch, and the rest of the trash. He tainted the game. Pete Rose is the all time hit leader. Beltran lost his opportunity to be in the Hall.
I think the Mets want Soto and Adames, even though Alonso might be a slightly better player than adames, they definitely don’t want vientos coming out of games for defense, I feel the Mets want vientos at 1st.
if the red sox are truly back to business. they could sign Soto, 1 of Fried, Burns or Snell and trade for Crochete. 1 Soto ($45) can be 2 other ($22.5) good players tho. Red Sox have almost $100mil to spend, if they are serious about paying that luxury tax.
Hey Hayman and mad dog, were you saying it was “bad for baseball” when the Yankees signed Reggie and Catfish, etc? When the signed ARod and Clemens??? Yeah, that’s what I thought…
Hall of Fame should be clear. Should really not be a debate. Were they the best at their position for about a decade? Some exceptions, notably Koufax, but very few. Should not have to be put in by later committees. This is not just about current players. Several players-executives in HOF who should not be, even from my home town.
I agree with Mad Dog. The Hall of Fame is becoming diluted. Scott Rolen is NOT a Hall of Famer in my opinion. Nor are Rollins, Wright, Utley, Pedrosa. They were very good players but NOT HOF. Also, if you need think about it and they have to get in after X years, then you are not a HOFer...
If it is strictly money (as it usually is), Soto will go to the Mets because Cohen has made it quite clear that he will outbid everyone else including the Yankees and Dodgers.
mets can easily sign both soto and alonso and a top shelf SP like fried or burnes and can still trade for a castillo, or crochet. mets had 180 mil off the books
Soto is a wonderful player but people need to stop comparing him to Ted Williams. Look at Ted’s numbers at the same point in his career. He’s miles ahead of Soto
A couple of weeks away... my initial prediction was & is Tuesday 12/10/2024 Soto will be a Met... This looks good to me! Lindor (SS) Vientos (3B) Soto (RF) Alonso (1B) Nimmo (LF) ... plenty of $$$ left over for pitching.
@@patpozzuto4809 Soto will be $50-$55 mil/year. Alonso another $25-$30 mil/year. That puts their payroll at roughly $235 mil. I'm assuming you want at least 1 of Burnes, Snell or Fried, so that's another $30-$35 mil/year. They'd still have 2 glaring holes in the rotation, so let's say they fill those with mid tier guys they get for $20 mil/year. That's $75 mil for the rotation. They desperately need bullpen help as well, so let's say they bring in 2 guys like Estevez and Robertson for $10-$12 mil/year. That puts their payroll at roughly $335 mil. When you add the luxury tax, that's over $400 mil. That's how I got there.
Billy Wagner should go in. Lee Smith was awesome too. Not a fan of Andrew Jones? Even more ludicrous, Jones deserves it. Max is in for his D alone - hence, why not Andrew Jones? Insofar as relief pitchers being held to higher standard, so what's that standard? What about guys who played for teams that didn't make the postseason? There are HOFers whose postseason was poor, your argument doesn't hold water.
I cannot wait for the Metropolitan to sign Soto for 600 or even $700 million for 15 years and if we’re all still alive and kicking, we’re all gonna come back to this and say that it is a bad contract because by the end of it, the metropolitan will be a bad team with a bad contract that they cannot unload. And I’ll be chilling in Los Angeles laughing with all my World Series trophies
Russo is such a clown. Last year, he was SCREAMING and threw temper tantrum that he CANNOT ACCEPT that Ohtani would get a penny more than 500M. Russo completely went Apeshit on Ohtani not being valuable at all and was saying his pitching will never be as good and as a DH he is just not that valuable Now so happens the non valuable DH lead Dodgers in all offensive stats as his league. Ended up with UNANIMOUS MVP. And the team took home the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY 🏆 Now he doesn’t mind Soto get payed maybe 700..Russo is such a Ohtani hater that it’s embarrassing!
Russo is so wrong, he knows nothing. The Mets have the financial means to sign Soto, Alonso and one of Burnes/Snell and Fried. The Mets have $180 million coming off the books.
You have to know your GM. Stearns values defense too much to have soto, vientos and alonso playing his field. Thats why he wants to slide vientos across to 1st. And Vientos didnt last a full game at 3rd a lot of the times he would get subbed for defensive purposes especially when we were up.
I’m a NYY fan but believe the Mets are rising while the NYY’s are trending backwards. Way too many holes to fill plus Hal isn’t spending, don’t be fooled. BTW I’d watch L.A carefully. HOF👎🏻 No Schilling or Garvey, 2 that DEFINITELY belong.
Dog still uses batting average, ERA, MVPs and Cy Youngs to establish a player's worth. He's one of the few guys who has refused to embrace advanced analytics. Take that for what it is but last of a dying breed.
Derek Jeter does not belong there. Baseball is a game of avoiding outs at the plate and converting batted balls into outs on defense. Willie Randolph was 3 times the player that was Jeter.
@@michaelcassara2880. He’s a SF Giant fan, not a NY giant fan. He didn’t start rooting for the giants until about 1970. 12 years after they moved out of NY
Russo’s Sunday morning solo show on WFAN was the best show that station ever had.
That was Saturday morning. Mike Francesa had the NFL show on Sundays. At least from September through January. But I began listening to Maddog from the beginning, 1989. I was a route driver in Northern NJ. Stern in the morning and then Mike and the Maddog in the afternoon.
Analytics sucks,, Old school baseball is and will always be the best,, 💪
100 agree!
Love hearing Russo. Its funny how badly he screws up names and the English language. Is Chris a member of MENSA?.
Beltran is a hall of famer. I’ll die on that hill. I think Edmonds should’ve been one too.
@@audio5552 no, he's not. He was a very good player but not good enough for the HOF
@@astoriacubBeltran is definitely a hall of famer
@ if Rolen is he is.
I agreed until he got with Alex Cora, Altuve, Hinch, and the rest of the trash. He tainted the game. Pete Rose is the all time hit leader. Beltran lost his opportunity to be in the Hall.
@@audio5552idu how Rolen even got in. He was washed his last 6 years of playing in the bigs.
I would say if the Mets get Soto as well as Alonzo the light up 1 through 7 will be like murderers row
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So Heyman puts Beltran in but not Albert Bell interesting
Who is Soto's protection in the lineup on Mets if they don't resign Alonso. Yankees had Judge protecting Soto.
Vientos did hit 15.7% more homeruns per game last year, so assuming he plays a full season next year, could very well be him.
He didn't protect Pete... Mendoza batted Vientos 2nd...
yea and supposedly NYY upped their offer and we will see if SOTO willbe greedy and takes the J COHEN money with a much weaker team &Not the NYY offer
@@patpozzuto4809 False. Vientos batted 2nd only 18 games. He bat 5th and 6th the most.
Put dave parker in the hall , look at his numbers verse billy williams very similiar parker belongs
Can somebody explain to me why Joe Carter & Albert Belle aren’t in.🤷♂️
You're correct about Albert who has a 30.5 rating.
Carter is a minus player.
@ :Joe Carter had like 10yrs with 100+ RBI has rings & was clutch.Besides that he played before the analytics,which counts for something
Maybe because Albert Bell was a Roid boy and corked bats
I think the Mets want Soto and Adames, even though Alonso might be a slightly better player than adames, they definitely don’t want vientos coming out of games for defense, I feel the Mets want vientos at 1st.
if the red sox are truly back to business. they could sign Soto, 1 of Fried, Burns or Snell and trade for Crochete. 1 Soto ($45) can be 2 other ($22.5) good players tho. Red Sox have almost $100mil to spend, if they are serious about paying that luxury tax.
Hey Hayman and mad dog, were you saying it was “bad for baseball” when the Yankees signed Reggie and Catfish, etc? When the signed ARod and Clemens??? Yeah, that’s what I thought…
I mean for Blake Snell the dodgers overpaid for him cuz he can't go 5 innings
Hall of Fame should be clear. Should really not be a debate. Were they the best at their position for about a decade? Some exceptions, notably Koufax, but very few. Should not have to be put in by later committees. This is not just about current players. Several players-executives in HOF who should not be, even from my home town.
Not a mention of Red Sox. Don’t count them out his family is close with Ortiz
When I go to see the Rays, most fans in attendance are fans of the opposing team. The Rays have less of a fan base than some minor league teams.
No wrong. Redsox Wake up.
As for the dodgers I think they overpaid for snow that man can't even go five innings
Not LA?
The world isn’t ready for that.
I hope Hayden from Virginia watched this
Russo has forgotten way more baseball than you'll ever know
I agree with Mad Dog. The Hall of Fame is becoming diluted. Scott Rolen is NOT a Hall of Famer in my opinion. Nor are Rollins, Wright, Utley, Pedrosa. They were very good players but NOT HOF. Also, if you need think about it and they have to get in after X years, then you are not a HOFer...
Pedroia*
Matter of fact I can see him as a DH not out for the below League average his defense is
If it is strictly money (as it usually is), Soto will go to the Mets because Cohen has made it quite clear that he will outbid everyone else including the Yankees and Dodgers.
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mets can easily sign both soto and alonso and a top shelf SP like fried or burnes and can still trade for a castillo, or crochet. mets had 180 mil off the books
If Juan Soto is 26 I’m 31..
How old are you?
I'm sorry guys I like one solo too but his defense is below average I would not sign in for no 600 million
One thing Steve does need to do is resign Alonzo
Soto is a wonderful player but people need to stop comparing him to Ted Williams. Look at Ted’s numbers at the same point in his career. He’s miles ahead of Soto
Soto also won’t miss prime years flying missions for his country and it’s allies.
A couple of weeks away... my initial prediction was & is Tuesday 12/10/2024 Soto will be a Met... This looks good to me!
Lindor (SS)
Vientos (3B)
Soto (RF)
Alonso (1B)
Nimmo (LF)
... plenty of $$$ left over for pitching.
So they're gonna have a $400 mil payroll? lol
@@brandondillman5841 why do you see 400 mil? theyre at maybe around 125 now...
@brandondillman5841 My math & your math are in a different stratosphere... Stearns got a CF for $2.5M to replace Baders $10M...
It will be under $300!
@@patpozzuto4809 Soto will be $50-$55 mil/year. Alonso another $25-$30 mil/year. That puts their payroll at roughly $235 mil. I'm assuming you want at least 1 of Burnes, Snell or Fried, so that's another $30-$35 mil/year. They'd still have 2 glaring holes in the rotation, so let's say they fill those with mid tier guys they get for $20 mil/year. That's $75 mil for the rotation. They desperately need bullpen help as well, so let's say they bring in 2 guys like Estevez and Robertson for $10-$12 mil/year. That puts their payroll at roughly $335 mil. When you add the luxury tax, that's over $400 mil. That's how I got there.
Billy Wagner should go in. Lee Smith was awesome too. Not a fan of Andrew Jones? Even more ludicrous, Jones deserves it. Max is in for his D alone - hence, why not Andrew Jones? Insofar as relief pitchers being held to higher standard, so what's that standard? What about guys who played for teams that didn't make the postseason? There are HOFers whose postseason was poor, your argument doesn't hold water.
Get rid of Russo Jon, he's incredibly ignorant.
i hope boston surprises you jeje
Million to one. Strictly cosmetic, like they’re serious.
I cannot wait for the Metropolitan to sign Soto for 600 or even $700 million for 15 years and if we’re all still alive and kicking, we’re all gonna come back to this and say that it is a bad contract because by the end of it, the metropolitan will be a bad team with a bad contract that they cannot unload. And I’ll be chilling in Los Angeles laughing with all my World Series trophies
Mets sign both!! Soto and Alonso...and a starting pitcher...!
Russo is such a clown. Last year, he was SCREAMING and threw temper tantrum that he CANNOT ACCEPT that Ohtani would get a penny more than 500M. Russo completely went Apeshit on Ohtani not being valuable at all and was saying his pitching will never be as good and as a DH he is just not that valuable Now so happens the non valuable DH lead Dodgers in all offensive stats as his league. Ended up
with UNANIMOUS MVP. And the team took home the WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY 🏆
Now he doesn’t mind Soto get payed maybe 700..Russo is such a Ohtani hater that it’s embarrassing!
Russo is so wrong, he knows nothing. The Mets have the financial means to sign Soto, Alonso and one of Burnes/Snell and Fried. The Mets have $180 million coming off the books.
They sign Soto they no longer need Pete, Vientos slides across.
Agree Signing Soto I believe helps the Mets sign Alonso because he would be excited playing with Soto as long as his contract is reasonable.
Russo indeed sucks.
You have to know your GM. Stearns values defense too much to have soto, vientos and alonso playing his field. Thats why he wants to slide vientos across to 1st. And Vientos didnt last a full game at 3rd a lot of the times he would get subbed for defensive purposes especially when we were up.
@@362chop Then who replaces Vientos' production at third?
If Juan Soto signs with the Dodgers, then the Yankees will have a replacement in Spencer Jones.
You think Spencer Jones is a replacement for Juan Soto??? Wow
I’m a NYY fan but believe the Mets are rising while the NYY’s are trending backwards. Way too many holes to fill plus Hal isn’t spending, don’t be fooled. BTW I’d watch L.A carefully. HOF👎🏻 No Schilling or Garvey, 2 that DEFINITELY belong.
Dog still uses batting average, ERA, MVPs and Cy Youngs to establish a player's worth. He's one of the few guys who has refused to embrace advanced analytics. Take that for what it is but last of a dying breed.
Indeed...the game has passed he and Francesa by.
Geek ball has turned all sports to trash. A math geek can't hit a fastball so they ruin sports for everyone else.
Well that's what makes the HOF, people don't vote you to the hall because of analytics they vote you to hall because of your numbers you put up
I like it
@@gringobronx7670 That's increasingly untrue. Voters are younger and younger.
Derek Jeter does not belong there.
Baseball is a game of avoiding outs at the plate and converting batted balls into outs on defense.
Willie Randolph was 3 times the player that was Jeter.
You need to go to an eye doctor. You obviously can’t see.
😂@@eliotkaplan4823
Dumbest take on here
ARSON
Russo is terrible. He only knows pre 1980s baseball. Yankee fan and can’t respect modern players who would destroy all old timers.
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He's a giant fan but does favor yankees which I can't understand if he was a new york giant fan
@@michaelcassara2880. He’s a SF Giant fan, not a NY giant fan. He didn’t start rooting for the giants until about 1970. 12 years after they moved out of NY
He hates the Yankees with a passion as part of being rebellious against his father