The Mets initially trailed a mystery team in their pursuit of Juan Soto and had to make a comeback to land him.

In his recent “The Mayor’s Office” episodes, Casey has discussed the player movement around the league and touched on Soto’s impact. During those segments, he provided some dubious rationalization for Yankees fans on why losing Soto, who got 15 years and $765 million from the Mets, won’t hurt so much.

The New York Yankees have long been the powerhouse of Major League Baseball in New York City both in terms of success and financial power. The power scale began to tip the other way once Steve Cohen took ownership of the Mets however and the decision from Juan Soto to leave the Bronx for Queens was a benchmark moment in this city’s baseball history.