[Amazin69]

Last night, I stumbled on a replay of "The Michael Kay Show" and aside from a certain amount of schadenfreude watching Kay and his co-hosts suffer, they were also very upset because Juan Soto flat-out refused to give the Yankees any incumbency credit when it comes to where he goes in free agency; they are "one of 30", level playing field, apparently.

Lots of vitriol about how Soto and Scott Boras have planned this upcoming bidding war since was Soto a teenager, no credit for the time served with Washington or San Diego or anywhere, no sense of roots, all that matters is the bottom line. And I have admit, such naked mercenary feelings make me twitch, given the Boras client who's been wearing Hojo's old number for the past 6 seasons.

Now, yes, unlike Soto, Pete does say (repeatedly) that he feels a connection to the Mets organization and it will be a consideration. But Boras-ball still gets me twitchy…especially conjuring the nightmare scenario where Soto goes to chase the biiiiiiiiiiiig check, and Boras tells the Steinbrenners that he has a lovely consolation prize that they can overpay for, and hey! Pete never even has to leave NYC!

Yikes!