00:00I'm not saying he doesn't want to win.
00:02I just think that he cares much more about his individual statistics
00:06and how he looks at the end of the day as opposed to the Mets winning games.
00:10Well, he could sit up and say, I had 40 home runs, knocked in 110 RBIs,
00:14and we only won 67 games.
00:18Yeah.
00:18It wasn't my fault.
00:19Right.
00:20It's like the Ralph Kiner, famous Ralph Kiner story back in the day
00:23where he led the league in home runs and he went to get a raise
00:27and the general manager said we could finish in last place without you
00:31because the Pirates had finished in last place.
00:33Exactly.
00:34But I think also Juan Soto can stand up there and say that whether we think
00:39the contract is incredibly ridiculous, it doesn't matter.
00:44He can sit there and say that my numbers are still going to be at the top
00:47of the statistical rankings and I'm being paid to do that,
00:53and that's exactly what I'm doing.
00:54Yeah, which I can understand that point of view,
00:57but when we talk about what's wrong with the Mets and the clubhouse
01:00and these things, who gets along.
01:02The Mets and injuries.
01:03Right.
01:03And the replacement players that have not played.
01:05I mean, it's not just that.
01:07But it's the replacement players that have not played.
01:09Sure, that's a big part of it, but they've also, I mean,
01:12over the course of their history, they've always had these crazy ups and downs
01:15I'm talking about.
01:16But if you're talking about building something different or culture-wise
01:20or whatever the hell they talked about going into this offseason,
01:23the fact that you've got a sort of loner superstar who makes $765 million
01:30that we both agree, not that he doesn't want to win,
01:34that he would care more about his individual statistics
01:37than the success of the team, that's a problem.
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