John Smoltz outlines how close he was to signing with Yankees: ‘I’m going’

Source: New York Post

A frustrated John Smoltz called his agent in the winter of 2001 and gave him specific Bronx-themed instructions. “(I) said, ‘Call the Yankees, tell him I’m going,'” Smotlz recalled to The Post’s Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman on the latest “The Show” podcast. His agent, though, had made a promise to former Braves executive John Schuerholz that he would circle back to them before any decision would be finalized.