Joel Sherman

Particularly when it comes to pitching, Stearns appears to have a philosophy.

The presence of Steve Cohen, in particular, is forcing the Yankees to more seriously contemplate what Plans B, C and D look like if Plan A, Juan Soto, signs elsewhere, notably with the Mets.

This is the moment when tomorrow does not matter, not to fans, anyway. The Yankees or the Mets or pick your team want Juan Soto signed now. Period. You will worry about 2030 and 2034 and 2038 when …

He is far from the only distressed asset I envision the New York teams (and others) will consider.

The Marines announced on Saturday that the 23-year-old will be posted this offseason.

The Mets and Yankees should do what I strongly suspect they would never consider — ignore his cost (kind of), his injury history (sort of) and ties to the Astros (Yankees issue), and at least call …

I don’t think anyone in the sport would be surprised if Cohen approved a $1 billion-plus offseason outlay.

The Mets squad that elated their fan base from June onward is gone.

A position player this good, this young does not get out into the market that often and if you are waiting for it to happen again, well, grab a seat because it is going to be a while.

Brian Cashman kept defaulting to the big picture.