WFAN host threatens to storm out of studio over ridiculous Yankees call

Sometimes sports radio callers enhance a show. Other times, they drive hosts to storm out of the studio and quit their job.

WFAN host Chris McMonigle dealt with the latter Thursday night when the first caller of his show crafted a wild New York Yankees take. The Yankees have lost nine of their last 11 games, relinquishing first place to the Baltimore Orioles, and drawing absurd trade proposals out of the woodwork from desperate callers.

“You have to think, with Juan Soto, obviously he’s not signed for next year. Maybe, we trade him. Right?” the caller asked McMonigle. “We trade him for Vlad Guerrero Jr, maybe take back a George Springer contract, he’s signed for another four years, he’s a bad contract, he’s not good. You take that back. and then maybe in the offseason we negotiate with Juan Soto.”

Ah yes, the “We’re on a bit of a losing streak, let’s trade our best player” sports radio phone call. The Yankees might need to make a move before the trade deadline, but trading Juan Soto isn’t it.

We can sit here and poke holes in the trade proposal. But this post is less about the semantics of why the 52-31 Yankees trading Soto to the Blue Jays is a moronic decision, and more about McMonigle’s reaction to the call.

Absolutely befuddled by the caller, McMonigle sat there and tried to laugh off the trade suggestion while rubbing his eyes out of frustration, but only until he couldn’t sit there anymore.

“I’m sorry, I’m gonna turn it off,” McMonigle said as he stood up, slammed his marble notebook on the table and threatened to leave the studio.

“The first call of the show can’t be, ‘Trade Juan Soto.’ The guy’s gotta be messing with me,” McMonigle reasoned while attempting to regain his composure. “He can’t be real. That can’t be real. That’s totally just designed to piss me off. And it worked. Trading Juan Soto for Vladimir Guerrero and George Springer is the dumbest thing I ever heard!”

And that’s saying a lot coming from a former producer for Mike Francesa, who took a lot of dumb calls from people attempting to piss him off. Similarly, it often worked.

[WFAN]