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Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. Happy birthday Brian Bannister, one of four Brooklyn Cyclones to have their number retired. Steve, Ken, and Thomas discuss who the next inductee should be in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, they give updates on their Way-Too-Early Draft Special players of interest. Following that, they spe...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. First up, the team discusses some news regarding RHP Matthew Allan and the recent revelation that he underwent ulnar transposition surgery in January 2022. After, it’s the Third Annual Way-Too-Early Draft Special! The Mets have two picks early in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft and the 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 return of Old Timers’ Day and getting excited about being able to Remember Some Guys.  Then, we talk about Matt Harvey’s testimony in the trial of former Angels...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. On of the most exciting to have ever occurred in the Superbowl is Eli to Tyree, and to honor that amazing play, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas look back at some of the most exciting plays in World Series history in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, egged on by a tangent that the guys went on a few...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Spring Training is supposed to start quite soon, but the owners are still locking out the players. Brian and Chris discuss the lockout, the universal Designted Hitter, and why so much of the rhetoric from the owners’ side is just not true. Then, the Old Timers’ Day resurr...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. On this date back in 1962, President John F Kennedy extended the embargo on Cuba to include all goods. The team takes a look at some Cuban stars the poor relation robbed us of seeing and ranks them in Promote, Extend, Trade. After that, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas compare the 2022 Amazin’ Av...

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 chatting about Keith Hernandez’s number retirement—a further indicator of a shift toward more inclusivity on the part of the Mets when it comes to retiring numbers and a hopefu...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas conclude their discussion of the Amazin’ Avenue Mets Top 25 Prospects list. This week, they talk about Amazin’ Avenue prospects 4 through 1, 3B Mark Vientos, SS Ronny Mauricio, 3B Brett Baty, C Francisco Alvarez. Francisco Alvarez Brett Baty Ronny Mauricio Mark Vi...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas begin the day discussing the signings that the Mets made this past week when the 2022-2023 international free agent period began. The team highlights who the Mets signed, the impact that their signing will have on the minor league system, and the impact that their...

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 with a short discussion of the one bit of Mets news that there is to speak of: the rounding out of Buck Showalter’s coaching staff.  Next, we spend the bulk of the show talking ab...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. This is episode 151, and unlike Bacardi 151, From Complex To Queens will not be discontinued. Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas look back at some other discontinued drinks in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team goes over some minor Mets minor league news regarding a certain 16-year-old Dominic...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Amid the lockout, there is a little bit of Mets news. First up, the team announced that they will be retiring Keith Hernandez’s #17 next summer. Brian and Chris discuss the import that Keith (and his mustache) have had on the franchise. Plus, we talk about the supposed re...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. It’s a new year and that means a new prospect list! Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas review the Amazin’ Avenue Top 25 Prospect list, offering their personal opinions, insight, thoughts, and points of view. First up is RHP Robert Dominguez. After him, the discussion turns to RHP Levi David. After...

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 first addition to Buck Showalter’s coaching staff: new third base coach Joey Cora .  In the second part of our Mets segment, we talk about what moves the Mets mi...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. In Promote, Extend, Trade, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss who they’d want on their team between three very talented players who were all born on this date (two in the same year!). Next, the team discusses some international free agency news. After that, with the Amazin’ Avenue 2022 Top...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. Premio sausages roasting on an open fire Jim Beam nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Mr. Met Everybody knows the G.O.A.T. and some No-nos help to make the season bright Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow Will find it hard to sleep tonight They...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Every week, Brian and Chris pick albums to recommend for your hours spent not watching or obsessing about the Mets, and once a year, they dedicate an entire episode to recommending some new music. This is that episode! Each host picks 5 albums they really enjoyed this yea...

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 went live on the Amazin’ Avenue Facebook page to eat cookies and talk about all things Mets. We talked about the Mets’ major signings this offseason—Eduardo Escobar, Mark Canha, Starlin...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. In Promote, Extend, Trade, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss the origin of choice of their super powers, if they had super powers. Following that, they discuss the recent hiring of Buck Showalter as Mets manager. The 65-year-old has been involved in baseball in one way or another since the...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets, and all of Major League Baseball, are in a lock out right now, and so there’s not a ton of Mets-related content to chat about. However, the team is circling around three candidates to manage the team: Buck Showalter, Joe Espada, and Matt Quatraro. Brian and Chri...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. With the COVID-19 omicron variant spreading, the team discusses other deadly diseases in Promote, Extend, Trade. Following that, they discuss the minor league portion of the 2021 Rule 5 Draft. The Mets selected a pair of pitchers from the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs and lost a pair of pitc...

Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past. A 31st round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Pedro Feliciano slowly and steadily worked his way through the minors and across several organizations before being acquired by the Mets in 2002. Feliciano would be up and down in the minors—and overseas in Japan—before...

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 are joined by investigative journalist Bradford William Davis and astrophysicist and baseball construction expert Dr. Meredith Wills to discuss Bradford’s recent article for Business In...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. In honor of the last night of Hanukkah (and Hanukkah in general), the team talks about the best performance of Jewish characters by Jewish actors in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team previews the upcoming Rule 5 Draft discusses the MLB owner lockout and the impact it is going to have on...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets ’ minor league system. It’s that time of the year, folks. Time to discuss what we’re thankful of. Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas kvetch a whole lot- we’ve made jobs out of it, one can say- but at the end of the day, we do this to ourselves. Being a Mets fan might not be a choice, but the degree of effort that we put...