Stephen A. Smith is 'SO DISGUSTED' with the Yankees, one loss from elimination

Chris Canty and Jeff Saturday joined him on First Take, while a ball off the roof in Milwaukee gave the Brewers a Game 1 win.

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Stephen A. SOUNDS OFF on the New York Yankees: 'I'M SO DISGUSTED!' | First Take

What does ESPN's baseball channel look like in the first week of October? Mostly like the Brewers, and then, suddenly, like Stephen A. Smith.

Fifteen uploads went up, and the early ones followed Milwaukee through its NLDS with the Padres. Game 1 ended on a strange call: with the Padres down a run in the ninth, Ty France drove a ball that hit the roof at American Family Field and came down into Jackson Chourio's glove, and after review it stood as an out. A day later Chourio was the hero the ordinary way, with a two-run walk-off single after Mason Miller walked three to load the bases. A Braves clip, Michael Harris II squaring the series with the Dodgers, rounded out the playoff highlights.

Then came First Take. Stephen A., with Chris Canty, Jeff Saturday and host Shae Cornette, unloaded on a Yankees team one game from elimination against Tampa Bay, and that segment drew more views in half a day than any of the Brewers clips have in three. A short cut of the same rant followed close behind. The comments read like a Yankees support group: a long thread on fundamentals and Aaron Boone, a Rays fan or two enjoying it, and a few viewers who would rather Stephen A. stuck to basketball.

The channel overall ran a little under its usual pace, adding close to three million views and no new subscribers, which puts it mid-table among American sports channels. Fuzzy and D1 Kuumo are the busy ones; Malika Andrews' channel is having a far quieter stretch.

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The videos drawing views on ESPN MLB right now

Brewers win Game 1 after Ty France’s hit off roof that is caught is r…78,806 views · 2026-10-04 The Brewers are one win from the NLCS 🍺61,048 views · 2026-10-04 Brewers get WALK-OFF WIN in Game 2 vs. Padres | ESPN MLB55,880 views · 2026-10-04 Stephen A. speaking for all Yankees fans 😂31,054 views · 2026-10-06 Michael Harris II leads the Braves to a Game 2 win over the Dodgers i…19,845 views · 2026-10-05 Will the Dodgers Win Another Playoff Game vs. The Braves? + Brewers-P…19,144 views

The numbers

Here is how ESPN MLB's week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

Fuzzy

12,504,717

D1 Kuumo

9,946,362

CBS Sports College Footba…

9,039,050

Locoprezident

8,454,726

ESPN MLB

2,845,870

Sports Illustrated

1,057,169

NFL Network

978,815

ESPN Throwback

400,801

Malika Andrews - ESPN

199,106

subscribers

562,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,703,306,580

views per day

282,393

typical day: 327,196

this week's videos (first-day views)

Brewers win Game 1 after Ty France’s hi…

66,307

The Brewers are one win from the NLCS 🍺

53,845

Brewers get WALK-OFF WIN in Game 2 vs. …

46,095

Michael Harris II leads the Braves to a…

18,024

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Locoprezident

768,000

D1 Kuumo

690,000

Sports Illustrated

658,000

Fuzzy

637,000

NFL Network

591,000

ESPN MLB

562,000

CBS Sports College Footba…

559,000

ESPN Throwback

427,000

Malika Andrews - ESPN

389,000

As of October 7, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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