Aaron Boone's Mets Jab Falls on Deaf Ears for Yankees Fans

The New York Yankees have lost an inordinate amount of players to the New York Mets over the last couple of years. Of course, Juan Soto was the most famous defector, but names like Clay Holmes, Devin Williams and Luke Weaver have also skipped town to head to Queens.

To be clear, Soto was the only loss that really stung, and if we are being honest, the Yankees would be in pretty poor financial shape if the star outfielder accepted their $760 million offer last winter.

Regardless, the amount of Yankees player that are now members of the Mets is, as Michael Kay put it, "odd," to say the least.

But Yankees manager Aaron Boone decided to take a shot at his crosstown rivals while handing out food and toys at the NYPD's 44th Precinct this week, telling The New York Post that Queens is "not quite the Bronx."

I think everyone understands that. The Yankees have won 27 championships to the Mets' two. There isn't a single soul who would tab the Mets as the superior franchise. Even Mets fans know deep down they can't hold a candle to the Bronx Bombers.

But that's just the thing: we know that already, and the Yankees' goal isn't to be better than the Mets; it's to win World Series titles.

And based on the lack of action we have seen from the Yanks this winter, they are now further from a championship than they were at the end of this past season.

Yankees fans don't want to hear Boone throwing shade at the Mets. They want results, and the front office has not produced any thus far this offseason.

Yes, there is still plenty of time remaining, but little by little, names are coming off the board. Heck, we just saw former Yankee Michael King — a widely assumed Yankees target — sign a three-year, $75 million contract to stay with the San Diego Padres.

So what is next for the Yankees? Are they actually going to spend some money in free agency? Is it Cody Bellinger or bust on that end? Will they be able to swing some impactful trade to bolster a roster that simply hasn't been good enough?

Boone is right: the Mets do not have the Yankees' prestige, but money talks, and right now, the Yanks aren't flashing it.

Money doesn't necessarily equal championships, as Hal Steinbrenner put it, but it certainly helps, and it's looking more and more like Steinbrenner is more concerned with his payroll than he is with fielding a championship-caliber product.

Yankees fans are getting frustrated, and Boone's shot at the Mets means quite a bit less now than it would have two decades ago.