Our old friend in the afternoons seemed to draw some of the most ridiculous trade ideas from callers, trolling or legit, but forget Al Albuquerque: we have a new winner.
There was one idea given by a caller overnight Friday morning that was so bad, so ridiculous, it made Chris McMonigle jokingly (we think) threaten to quit sports talk radio for good.
“You have to think with Juan Soto, he’s not signed next year, we trade him for Vlad Jr., maybe take back a George Springer contract,” the caller said. “He’s signed for another four years, it’s a bad contract, he’s not good, and maybe in the offseason we negotiate with Juan Soto.”
Yeah…no.
“I’m sorry, I can’t do it, I’m serious. What in the world are you talking about?” C-Mac screamed. “You wanna trade Juan Soto for Vladimir Guerrero, are you trying to make the Yankees better or worse? I trust Juan Soto more long-term than anybody else. He is so far and away a better player than Vladimir Guerrero, it's not even worth discussing it. It’s not hard to get a first baseman, it’s hard to get a 26-year-old generational player who, when he slumps, has a .420 on base percentage. Do you wanna see who makes more money in the open market?”
The worst part: that was the FIRST call C-Mac took, meaning he had to calm down and get through another two hours and 40-some minutes after that.
“That can't be the first call of the show, to trade Juan Soto. The guy's gotta be messing with me. I'm gonna calm down because he can't be real. That can't be real,” C-Mac said. “That’s totally just designed to piss me off, and it worked. Trading Juan Soto for Vladimir Guerrero and George Springer is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.”
One thing we’ll say: Rami on the other side of the glass, filling in for Fleegs because Fleegs was in for Eddie Scozzare, earns a gold star for putting THAT ONE through.