"About to rob Juan Soto away";"Mets love Yankees’ crumbs" - Fans react as Clay Holmes signs with Steve Cohen's team for 3 year/$38,000,000 deal

The New York Mets signed former Yankees reliever Clay Holmes on Friday. The 31-year-old spent three years with the Bronx Bombers as a reliever but will be part of the Mets rotation, as per sources.

The deal is worth $38 million over three years. For the first two seasons Holmes will earn $13 million and is expected to get $12 million in 2027. As per Jeff Passan, it includes an opt out clause after the 2026 season.

Clay Holmes had a mixed 2024 season. He had a strong start not giving up an earned run till the end of April. But mixed results thereafter prompted Aaron Boone and the Yanks to move him to the setup role.

Overall Holmes had a 3-5 record with 3.14 ERA. Even though he had a career-high 30 saves, he also had a league-high 13 blown saves. He did better in the setup reliever role with a 3-1, 2.25 ERA over 13 postseason games.

Baseball fans made fun of the signing with majority reactions directed towards the Yankees.

"Mets are about to rob Soto and Holmes away from the Yanks aren’t they?," a fan wrote.

"Everyone is leaving the Yankees?!?! Homes to the Mets, Soto to the Red Sox what’s up with the Yankees clubhouse," another X user wrote.

"Yankees fans have no scape goat anymore," a fan joked.

Below are the fan reactions from MLB Network's Instagram post.

"Mets love the Yankees backwash."

"Mets love Yankees crumbs."

"Mets will get Juan Soto."

"Juan Soto next please."

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Clay Holmes joins Frankie Montas and others in new look Mets rotation

Last week the Mets signed Frankie Montas to a two-year $34 million contract which brought out similar questions over their rotation strategy. However, fans are little less concerned after similar signings - Luis Severino and Sean Manaea - who weren't big free agency names, strengthen the starting rotation for the Mets throughout 2024.

Both Severino and Manaea elected for free agency with the former singing a three-year, $67 million deal with the A’s earlier this week.

The two new signings will join Kodai Senga and David Peterson as the major starters available to Carlos Mendoza. While they have given particular attention to their pitching staff off late, Steve Cohen and his team remain the major contenders in the Juan Soto sweepstakes.