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Rotation issues arising for Mets, Yankees + Mike Vaccaro on the complicated legacy of the Steinbrenner family

March 16, 2026·1 hr 3 min·4 clips

Vaccaro says George Steinbrenner had "high highs" and "profoundly low lows" and changed on Hall of Fame status.

1. The Show: A NY Post baseball podcast with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman centers this episode on rotation issues for the Mets and Yankees plus Mike Vaccaro's book about the Steinbrenner family. 2. Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman host the baseball conversation, and Mike Vaccaro joins as the author of The Bosses of the Bronx. 3. The episode asks whether the Mets, Yankees, and Steinbrenner legacy are being judged correctly in 2026 baseball terms. 4. Sherman and Heyman open with the World Baseball Classic semifinal in Miami and the U.S. 2-1 win over the Dominican Republic. 5. They describe the WBC as a global event and name Italy, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, and Japan as part of its appeal. 6. Heyman says the tournament has brought passion and interest to baseball at a time of year when that was the point of the event. 7. Sherman points to Bobby Witt Jr. as a five-tool shortstop whose performance is being overshadowed by Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge. 8. Heyman adds that Witt's Kansas City market makes that effect even stronger. 9. The hosts then move to players who have stood out in the tournament, including Vinny Pasquantino, Greg Weissert, Garrett Whitlock, Michael Garcia, and Junior Caminero. 10. They connect those performances to the Red Sox and Royals and say the tournament could help those teams trust those players in big spots. 11. Sherman argues that players should show emotion in meaningful games, citing Cameron Arno's home run celebration and the crowd response in Miami. 12. Heyman says the U.S. team has been more businesslike, while the Dominican, Venezuelan, and Puerto Rican teams have brought more visible energy. 13. The conversation then turns to Team USA's pitching, with Heyman crediting Mark DeRosa, Paul Skenes, Garrett Whitlock, and the rest of the staff. 14. Sherman says Team USA succeeded because it recruited top starters such as Skenes, Logan Webb, and Tarik Skubal instead of mid-rotation arms. 15. The Mets rotation segment focuses on Sean Manaea, Kodai Senga, Clay Holmes, Christian Scott, and Brandon Sproat or Tong as possible depth pieces. 16. The Yankees discussion centers on Max Fried, Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodon, Luis Gil, Ryan Weathers, Ben Rice, and Cam Schlittler. 17. Vaccaro says George Steinbrenner had two versions of himself: a smart businessman who saw the need for a farm system, and an irrational fan who overruled that plan. 18. Vaccaro says that mix created high highs and profoundly low lows, and he says he changed his mind about Steinbrenner's Hall of Fame case after reporting the book. 19. The tone is conversational and argumentative, with Sherman and Heyman interrupting, comparing notes, and pushing Vaccaro on specific Yankees history. 20. Fans of Yankees history, WBC coverage, and rotation analysis will get the most from this episode, while listeners wanting a pure game recap may skip it.

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A blunt George-vs-Hal discussion that treats Steinbrenner as both a championship force and a complicated part of baseball history.

The episode puts George Steinbrenner at the center and uses him to ask a simple question with no simple answer: were the Yankees better off under Hal or George?

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