The Best in Sports News and Analysis, from Danielle McCartan · Danielle McCartan

WFAN November 9, 2024

·1 hr 48 min·4 clips

Danielle says Hal Steinbrenner should call Scott Boras after watching how much Juan Soto changes the Yankees.

1. WFAN November 9, 2024 centers on Danielle McCartan’s overnight sports talk about Yankees-Dodgers, Juan Soto, and New York roster questions. 2. Danielle McCartan hosts from the Mike Francesa studio with Pete Kennedy on the boards, and both matter because they steer a call-in debate through the midnight hour. 3. The episode asks whether the Yankees’ recent games against the Dodgers are a real World Series preview or a misleading headline. 4. Danielle says Clayton Kershaw, Garrett Cole, and Juan Soto missing from the series makes the matchup less representative of October baseball. 5. She points to Aaron Boone’s line that the games had “extra juice,” but says the injuries matter more than the atmosphere at Yankee Stadium. 6. The show repeatedly returns to Juan Soto because Danielle says his bat changes the Yankees’ lineup and the team’s ability to score with runners on base. 7. She cites an 11-3 Yankees loss and calls it the club’s largest margin of defeat of the season. 8. Danielle says the Yankees did not cash in after Volpe and Verdugo got aboard in the first inning, and she ties that to Soto’s absence. 9. She also highlights Anthony Rizzo’s batting slump, saying he is hitting .034 over his last seven games. 10. Danielle proposes DJ LeMahieu at first base as a short-term fix while leaving Gleyber Torres at second. 11. She says Torres’ error total and Boone’s “free and easy” explanation do not resolve the underlying issue. 12. Danielle compares Oswaldo Cabrera’s .111 over his last seven games and Oswald Peraza’s .163 over 86 at-bats as weaker alternatives. 13. A caller from Red Bank pushes the Juan Soto debate toward the Mets, and Danielle rejects the idea that the Mets would have the better record with him. 14. Another caller, Michael in Lake Mary, Florida, argues that Soto thrives on the big stage and that Hal Steinbrenner cannot approach negotiations as if he were asking Aaron Judge to return. 15. Danielle responds that Soto’s familiarity with the Yankees should not be treated as an excuse to wait, and she cites a reported July one-on-one meeting between Steinbrenner and Soto. 16. Gomez in the Bronx argues that Soto could DH for the Mets, but Danielle says the Mets need pitching more than another bat. 17. The show’s tone is conversational and reactive, with Danielle alternating between game analysis, roster construction, and live calls from listeners. 18. Pete Kennedy’s occasional interjections keep the pace moving, and Danielle’s delivery shifts between exasperation, humor, and lineup math. 19. Fans of Yankees-Mets roster debates and MLB free agency talk. 20. Listeners wanting calm, non-call-in baseball analysis.

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Late-night New York sports radio that stays blunt, live, and caller-driven.

This late-night WFAN segment works as a live, caller-fed New York sports conversation, with Yankees-Dodgers as the anchor and McCartin pushing back on the easy World Series-preview angle.

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