Christian

And you say, you know what, at least for 2025, who knows if the Yankees even get as far with Justoto versus Freed and Bellinger.

But every single day that goes by, and the Yankees don't do anything, and every single day that goes by does this drought last longer and longer, the fact that Hal Steinbrenner tucked his balls back and didn't go fight Steve Cohen for Juan Soto looks like a worse and worse decision.

Because the one time in the Aaron Boone era that the Yankees went above and beyond to go get a player, to go put another superstar in this lineup with Aaron Judge, you know what happened?

The New York Yankees went to the World Series.

That's what happened.

The one year the Yankees, they didn't want to give up Michael King.

They didn't want to give up Drew Thornton.

They couldn't do it.

They couldn't trade these guys.

But they did.

And they added the depth of Brito and Vasquez.

And they gave up four young pitchers.

Guys with multiple years of control for one year of Juan Soto.

But they did it.

They finally put their balls on the table.

And they said, we have to go and do this.

And they did it.

You know what happened?

They went to a World Series.

Every other year since Aaron Boone's been here, they haven't nutted up like that, and they haven't gotten to a World Series.