Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. On this very happy Valentine’s Day, the team decides to Promote, Extend, or Trade their dates. Next, they discuss the new format Minor League Baseball will be taking in 2021. Following that, they discuss the latest trade the Mets made in this very busy offseason. Afterward, the team takes a loo...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Note: This was recorded before the trade for outfield prospect Khalil Lee. The Mets did not land Trevor Bauer last week, and Brian and Chris are fine with it. There is a lot about the signing to discuss, however, and so they welcome Eric Stephen of True Blue LA to the sho...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The team gets a bit meta in this week’s Promote, Extend, Trade and discusses the aspects of From Complex to Queens they’d like to promote, extend, and trade. Next, they discuss the Jordan Yamamoto acquisition. Following that, they discuss the rebranding efforts of the Appalachian League. 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 have an emergency pod to talk about the allegations of sexual misconduct made against former Mets manager Mickey Callaway. We discuss Sandy Alderson’s statement, what these incidents re...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of Dookie, the iconic Green Day album that was released on this day in 1994, the team looks at other iconic 90s albums in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, the team discusses the Steven Matz trade. After, the team discusses 20-16 on Amazin’ Avenue’s 2021 Top 25 Mets Prospects list: Frankly...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, Brian and Chris look at the offseason from a macro perspective, trying to understand why so many Mets fans feel that the new front office has been inactive, or not active enough. They also briefly touch on the Jared Porter firing and the potential signing of Tr...

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 briefly cover the Mets’ trade for Joey Lucchesi before launching into Jared Porter’s harassment of a female reporter and subsequent firing by the Mets. This prompts a greater discussion...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of the late, great Hank Aaron, the team discusses some of the most impressive home runs in Mets history in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, the team discusses the Joey Lucchesi trade and the hiring of Kevin Howard as Executive President of Player Development. After, the team discusses 20-...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. In honor of Mark Messier’s birthday, the team discusses established players who became faces of a new franchise after being traded or signing as free agents in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, the team discusses some roster news related to the start of the 2021-2022 international free agent signin...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue in Conversation, a podcast from Amazin’ Avenue where we invite interesting people on the show to talk about themselves, the Mets, and more. Trevor May recently signed a two-year deal with the Mets, but he’s more than just an exciting new piece of their bullpen. He’s a gamer, a standout on Twitch, a co-owner of a team in the new Fan Controlled Football league, and, judging...

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 nothing really except for the fact that Francisco Lindor is now a New York Met! We share our excitement about the trade that brought him and Carlos Carrasco over fro...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Over 1,500 years ago, the Nika Riots took place so the team discusses what sports losses they would riot over in Promote, Extend, Trade. We should be talking about the next breakdown on our 2021 Mets Top Prospect List, but last week was no ordinary week. With the addition of Francisco Lindor an...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, Brian and Chris gather to discuss the blockbuster trade that the Mets pulled off on Wednesday. And while it is sad that Andres Gimenez and Amed Rosario now play in Cleveland, Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco now play in Queens. Let’s take that in for just a...

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 Facebook and started things off with surprising our listeners with Maggie Wiggin’s triumphant return to the podcast! We began the show with a quick chat about the latest Me...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With today being the 11th anniversary of the opening of the Burj Khalifa, the team discusses the tallest men in sports in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, the team discusses 25-21 on Amazin’ Avenue’s 2021 Top 25 Mets Prospects list, Ryley Gilliam, Jordany Ventura, Endy Rodriguez, Stanley Consuegr...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. Every year, Brian and Chris close out the year with a look back at some of their favorite music from 2020. This year was a weird one, so instead of the traditional five albums from this year, each host picked three from 2020 and two older records that were new to them thi...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With 2020 wrapping up (good riddance!) and 2021 nearly upon us, Steve Sypa, Lukas Vlahos, Ken Lavin, and Thomas Henderson start prepping for the official Amazin’ Avenue Top 25 Prospects List for the 2021 season. This week, we share our sleeper picks, players who did not make the list for whatev...

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 the Mets segment is brought to you by the letter J. We begin by discussing the James McCann signing and what he brings to the team. We then discuss the hiring of Jared Porter and of course...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin’ Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. With today being the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, the team discusses the shortest professional athletes in various sports in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss the latest roster transactions, toasting players who are no longer in the organizat...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. This week, Brian and Chris discuss the Mets' new catcher, James McCann and discuss why the Mets may have chosen him over J.T. Realmuto. The lack of a true backup catcher is also discussed, as is the return of Jerry Blevins, an old Amazin' Avenue favorite. We then turn our...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The Hanukah Zombie, voiced by Mark Hamill, will be flying his TIE Fighter to visit all of the good little boys and girls out there (and Decapodians) this week, so the Promotes, Extends, or Trades the preeminent voice actors over the past twenty, thirty years. Following that, the team discusses...

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 Elizabeth Muratore of our sister blog Rising Apple on the show. We begin by discussing Elizabeth’s Mets fandom and how she began writing about the Mets. We also wax poetic about th...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Because today is Pearl Harbor Day, the team takes a look at different movies that feature World War II in Promote, Extend, Trade. After, they weigh in on the Trevor May signing (and his WoW stuff) and the cuts made on the recent non-tender deadline. Following that, they take a look at baseball...

Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.  This week, Brian and Chris reconvene for the first time in nearly 2 months (!) to discuss the state of the Mets' front office under Steve Cohen and the lack of a current general manager. Next, they discuss the decision to tender contracts to Steven Matz and Robert Gsellm...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Because it’s Thanksgiving, the team took the week off from the usual format and instead talk about what they are thankful for. Steve is thankful for our one listener, Ringo, and the comment section. Lukas is thankful for that special dopamine hit that comes when the Mets have success. Ken is th...