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.

Now that the dust has begun to settle in the aftermath of Juan Soto’s eventual $800 million defection from the Yankees to the Mets, the question is just how much the balance of New York baseball

Last week at Citi Field, the New York Mets introduced Juan Soto, their new franchise player and the proud owner of a record 15-year contract worth $765 million. Soto, who turned only 26 in October, slashed .