It seems like players love the NY Mets while the Yankees’ pets' heads are falling off

Brian Cashman must’ve stepped on a crack because things feel different in New York City. Did it begin with Aaron Judge’s dropped fly ball in the World Series? Gerrit Cole’s inability to cover first base? When Juan Soto left the New York Yankees for the New York Mets?

It seems today, that all you see, is players loving what the Mets can offer and a whole lot of the opposite for the Yankees. Gleyber Torres continues to hold disdain and the feeling seems mutual. Completely out of their control are the seemingly daily injuries popping up. Not that the Mets have been spared completely.

Soto publicly saying the Mets weren’t the highest bidder yet he chose them bodes well for the reputation of the franchise. On a smaller scale, Sean Reid-Foley sharing his love of the organization days after he was DFA’d and chose to stick around furthers the examples of how everyone seems to love what the Mets can offer while the Yankees’ pets' heads are falling off.

The Mets are in a bull market, the Yankees are in a bear

The Mets are shedding their poor reputation. They’re not the laughing stock of the league although a bad year can bring it back.

These days, Flushing is some place warm. A place where the beer flows like wine, where beautiful women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano. 

Under similar scrutiny of playing in New York, Mets fans remain fully onboard with the plan in place by Steve Cohen and a large majority have bought into David Stearns as well. Over in the Bronx, calls of frugality against Hal Steinbrenner and a tiredness of coming up short under the vision of Cashman continues. It’s a tired narrative, but understandable. If anyone can relate to baseball grief, it’s Mets fans.

Injury updates for the Yankees of late have been devastating. Luis Gil will miss months. Giancarlo Stanton may need surgery that’ll wash away his entire season. Fans await a final verdict on Cole who, without him, creates a scenario where they’ll have to hope free agent signing Max Fried can stay healthy for a change and disgruntled pitcher Marcus Stroman makes the most of his opportunity to step into the rotation rather than bitterly sit in the bullpen.

The Yankees will forever have the edge on the Mets and every other team in North American sports. It’s an iconic franchise whereas the Mets are from an expansion era. It would be impossible to catch up to their history, but in the present tense they’re much closer than many Yankees fans would like to admit. 

What’s the most annoying sound in the world for Yankees fans these days? Praise for the Mets. It used to, for the longest time, be the other way around.