Of course, losing Juan Soto has been a huge blow for the Yankees, as Soto joined the New York Mets in the offseason on a massive contract. However, the Yankees haven't missed Soto that much, thanks to Trent Grisham's career year this season.

Both New York teams went into a nosedive simultaneously. The Mets were an MLB-best 45-24 through June 12, the Yankees were 42-25. Then both began to lose. But Soto’s Mets never stopped, all the

Yankees nearly traded Trent Grisham to the Mets for Brett Baty. Keeping him saved their season and fueled a playoff surge.

The New York Mets’ late-season collapse is one of the biggest stories in MLB right now. On Sunday, a second straight loss to the Washington Nationals dropped them into a tie with the Cincinnati Reds for the final NL Wild Card spot, and they don’t have the tiebreaker between the two teams.

The two teams dominated early on, with the Yankees opening up a seven-game lead in the AL East just after Memorial Day weekend and the Mets gaining a 5 ½-game lead over the Phillies while racking up the best record in baseball by mid-June.

But the Yankees have traditionally had a taste for splashy signings, and the temptation of poaching Alonso from their crosstown rival Mets — just a year after the Mets signed generational slugger Juan Soto away from the Bronx — may be too great for them to resist.

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As NYCFC builds its own soccer-first stadium, the team continues to play most home matches at Yankee Stadium, in part due to the Yankees’ minority ownership of the MLS franchise. But when Lionel Messi and Inter Miami come to town Wednesday,