Jon Heyman, who came to The New York Post this year as a baseball columnist, has been covering the sport for 35 years. At The Post, he is half of “The Show,” a baseball podcast with Joel Sherman, and does Inside Baseball notes that appear Fridays. He has worked as an insider at MLB Network since its inception in 2009 and is an Audacy baseball expert after more than a decade at WFAN, where he appeared on Mike and the Mad Dog and the Joe and Evan shows. Heyman worked at Newsday for 16 years, first as Yankees beat writer, then baseball columnist and finally as general sports columnist before going to Sports Illustrated, CBSSports.com and the startup FanRag. After graduating Northwestern University’s Medill School in 1983, he started at the Moline (Ill.) Daily Dispatch. Shortly thereafter, he moved to California, where he covered the Los Angeles Raiders before transferring to the California Angels, one team that moved twice and another that pretended to move once (they are still in Anaheim). Heyman went to Lawrence High School in the 5 Towns of Long Island.
Pete Alonso could be Yankees’ Plan B if they can’t keep Juan Soto in free agency
Should the Yankees be unable to make good on their “top priority” and re-sign superstar free agent Juan Soto, one backup plan involves Mets slugging star Pete Alonso plus pitching stars, perhaps former Cy Young winners Corbin Burnes or Blake Snell.
The Yankees are figuring they might be able to sign three to four stars if they fail to sign Soto. Switch-hitter Anthony Santander is another name that interests them. So is Alex Bregman, whose bonus is that he’s often an October standout — something needed around here.
They will also look at the top pitchers, including Burnes and Snell, who they tried for last winter and who will opt out of their contracts. Max Fried, Jack Flaherty (who pitched a nice Game 1 against them), Yusei Kikuchi and Sean Manaea (who’s also sure to opt out) are other possibilities.
