Sal passionately dissects what both the Mets and Yankees need to do to emerge victorious in their upcoming weekend series. For the Mets, he emphasizes the critical need for their bats to come alive and score a significant number of runs, especially given their depleted pitching staff and the likely unavailability of key bullpen arms. He argues that while the Mets showed resilience against Milwaukee, their usual formula of relying on strong pitching and late-inning bullpen heroics won't suffice against the Yankees. Conversely, Sal points to the Yankees' recent struggles with starting pitching and bullpen inconsistencies as their primary vulnerability, despite their bats starting to heat up. He suggests that if the Yankees fail to win this series, it will raise serious questions about their true contender status, despite his belief they will still win their division.