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Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. New year, new prospect list! With the Amazin’ Avenue 2023 Top 25 Prospect list beginning, the guys share their sleeper prospects, players they were individually highest on that did not make the collective list. Steve was high on right-handed pitcher Jonah Tong, Lukas was high on right-handed p...

While this podcast isn't about the Mets or the Dodgers, it is about one of the true international treasures out there: "Weird Al" Yankovic. Hear Brian and Eric wax philosophical on "One More Minute," marvel at "The Saga Begins," and lament the continued timeliness of "Trigger Happy."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we have Bradford William Davis and Dr. Meredith Wills on the show to discuss their latest findings about the 2022 baseballs reported by Bradford in Insider earlier this month . We talk abo...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. Happy Christmas! Happy Hanukah! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Holidays! The Mets have given us a great present under our Christmas tree! A super team that certainly seems poised to have another successful season that was assembled. The icing on the cake, the ribbon on top? The Mets were able to put suc...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets have not slowed down for the past two weeks, radically reshaping their team through free agency, and pissing off the rest of the league while doing so. Brian and Chris recap the past two weeks, discuss the lineup, the catching situation, and the bullpen. Chris’s...

The Mets continue to surprise us and Steve Cohen continues to open his wallet for premiere players. This morning, after a deal with the Giants fell through, Carlos Correa signed a 12-year, $315 million deal with the Mets. It's a full house on the podcast today: Maggie Wiggin, Allison McCague, Vas Drimalitis, and Brian Salvatore all dig into this news, what it means for the roster, the future of th...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. On the anniversary of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the guys discuss New York baseball dynasties in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they discuss a minor roster move that was made this week and discuss the Mets outfield situation. Following that, the guys discuss some of the other great...

The Mets made a weird splash last night, signing Omar Narváez to a one-year, $8 million contract, with a $7 million player option for 2024. Lukas, Allison, and Brian discuss how the Mets may be planning on handling this unruly roster full of backstops. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It re...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we begin by discussing the wild week that started with Jacob deGrom leaving the Mets for the Texas Rangers and ended with the Mets having signed Justin Verlander, José Quintana, Brandon Ni...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. With the 2022 Winter Meetings done and over with, Steve, Ken, and Thomas go over the signings and trades that took place. Additionally, they go over the major league and minor league phases of the Rule 5 Draft and discuss who the Mets acquired. Before all of that, however, they discuss the maj...

Welcome to the first ever Amazin Avenue Newswire, focusing on breaking news in the Mets’ orbit. This podcast will pop up whenever big news breaks which, hopefully, means that you’ll be hearing it quite a bit this offseason! Just a few days after bringing back Brandon Nimmo and signing David Robertson, the Mets made another big splash on the free agent market, signing Kodai Senga to a five-year, $7...

Welcome to the first ever Amazin Avenue Newswire, focusing on breaking news in the Mets’ orbit. This podcast will pop up whenever big news breaks which, hopefully, means that you’ll be hearing it quite a bit this offseason! The Winter Meetings may have officially ended, but the Mets didn’t realize that, signing both Brandon Nimmo and David Robertson to contracts after the baseball masses have left...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets lost a franchise-defining player in Jacob deGrom, gained one of the handful of players who could possibly console us in Justin Verlander, and added to both the rotation and bullpen during the 2022 Winter Meetings. Life moves pretty fast, huh? Chris’s Music Pick:...

Welcome to the first ever Amazin Avenue Winter Meetings Special focusing on all of the major events and news that happened on that particular day of Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings. For the next few days, the crew at Amazin’ Avenue will be bringing you short episodes covering each day of the Winter Meetings. First, Brian, Allison, and Lukas discuss José Quintana signing the Mets for a 2 ye...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the team past. As R.A. Dickey would a generation later, Terry Leach saw his future dream of major league glory seemingly disappear to the scourge of arm injuries, only to reinvent himself with a unique pitching style and a dogged determination to pitch in the major leagues and ult...

Welcome to the first ever Amazin Avenue Winter Meetings Special focusing on all of the major events and news that happened on that particular day of Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings. For the next few days, the crew at Amazin’ Avenue will be bringing you short episodes covering each day of the Winter Meetings. First, Brian and Lukas discuss Justin Verlander signing with the Mets for a 2 year...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. On this date back in 1783, George Washington resigned from his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and said farewell to his officers in New York. Likewise, in a semi-Promote, Extend, Trade, the guys take some time to say goodbye to a highly esteemed Mets player as well. Fo...

Welcome to APOTO (The Show), an all-star show hosted by Allison McCague from A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue, and Brian Salvatore from Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show). Allison and Brian convened for an emergency podcast, in order to say goodbye to Jacob deGrom and unpack some of the feelings that come from the newest Texas Ranger. You can listen or subscribe to all of our...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we begin by discussing the report from Andy Martino of SNY about the Mets not pursuing Aaron Judge that launched an MLB investigation into whether the Mets and the Yankees were colluding. ...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. Happy Thanksgiving! We hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! It’s back to business next week, as the hot stove begins to heat up with the winter meetings, but in the meantime, the guys just want to tell everyone out there how thankful we are for nearly 200 episodes of From Complex To Quee...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets made a bunch of small moves over the past two weeks, acquiring a number of potential bullpen arms and non-tendering Dominic Smith and Sean Reid-Foley. Brian and Chris discuss these moves, as well as give an update for how they feel about Jacob deGrom’s return to...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. Steve and Lukas begin with a discussion of the multitude of minor roster moves that the Mets made this past week. A few players were signed as minor league free agents, a few players were claimed from waivers and a trade was even made! After that, they discuss the 40-man roster situation and t...

Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.  This week, we begin by discussing the Edwin Díaz signing and free agents the Mets have been connected to so far this offseason. We also congratulation Buck Showalter for winning NL Manager of the Yea...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. First up this week, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss poorly thought out Charleston RiverDogs promotional nights in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, they review the Mets’ Arizona Fall League contingent and how they did over the course of the AFL season now that it’s over. Following that, they...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets have made their Qualifying Offers and picked up/declined the outstanding offers, and free agency has officially begun. The Mets made the first splash of the off-season by signing Edwin Díaz to a record contract. Brian and Chris discuss what may be next for the te...