Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

Welcome to Episode 185 of Amazin’ Avenue Audio. We are still all on cloud nine from Bartolo Colon's big night on Saturday, but we promise to talk about more than just his big home run. First up, Brian and Chris talk about Bartolo Colon, the bullpen's effectiveness, and whether or not the team is hitting 'too many' home runs (1:00). Next, Steve Schreiber shares the best moment from our friends at S...

Welcome to Episode 184 of Amazin’ Avenue Audio. This is Brian Salvatore’s first show in the hosting chair, and hopefully you’ll enjoy the new format of Amazin’ Avenue Audio.  First up, Chris McShane talks with Newsday’s Marc Carig (2:29) about his Californian roots, ballparks, and pitcher velocity. Note: Marc was calling in from a rental car, so forgive the sound quality being less than stellar fo...

In Episode 183 (yes, 183, after three years you'd think Jeffrey would doublecheck these things) of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Brian cover the good, the bad, and the ugly of the first three weeks of Mets baseball. Michae Conforto is good, but how good can he be? Jeurys Familia has been bad, well not that bad, but not good, and we are a little worried. The Nats have been very good, and that i...

In Episode 182 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Brian play a fun game of Braves (?) trivia before moving onto the Mets. Curfews have been lifted in Panic City, but there is still some concern about Matt Harvey. We also discuss the recent offensive explosion before answering your e-mails about PEDs, the future of Noah Syndergaard's UCL, how fast the Phillies can rebuild, Logan Verrett, and Gavi...

In Episode 181, Jeffrey and Steve discuss potential 2016 Mets tag team partners for our faces in peril, before movin on to the important stuff. Which is, HOW PANICKED SHOULD YOU BE ABOUT THE 2016 Mets? Well, it varies, as you might expect. We are both worried about David Wright, less so about the offense in general. Jeffrey thinks Noah Syndergaard's elbow might explode on the mound, FWIW, and Stev...

In Episode 180 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Chris talks to Karl Ravech of ESPN about the Mets young arms and the team's upcoming series with the Miami Marlins. Then, Jeffrey and Greg make compelling radio in a Comfort Inn in Binghamton, NY after a snowout. One of the two previous sentences is accurate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 179 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, the Mets minor league affiliates are kicking off so we have all your previewing needs. Jeffrey resists the urge to talk about Luis Guillorme again, Lukas is excited about Wuilmer Becerra, Greg has some thoughts on Gavin Cecchini's defense, and Steve is woefully underprepared. But first, we talk about 95 (94? Who cares) mph sliders, because well, damn. Next,...

In Episode 178 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Chris are tasked with wrapping up our 2016 previews with the Mets bullpen. Chris is the kind of weirdo that likes this stuff, but Jeffrey keeps getting distracted by Luis Guillorme's defense. Sounds about right. Of course before that there is the matter of Matt Harvey and his...well, you know. After that we answer your e-mails, and they are parti...

Chris and Greg talk about Chris's trip to spring training and whether or not any of the things he saw there could be signs of real change. Greg discusses his criticism of the Mets' release of Ruben Tejada, and the first half of the podcast wraps up with talk about Michael Conforto's back—which doesn't have us worried just yet. Then Greg Prince of Faith and Fear in Flushing comes on to talk about h...

In episode 176 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Lukas bring you the 2016 Mets Starting Pitching preview. So the draw the curtains, put the lights on low, and pour yourself a nice glass of wine for not safe for work discussions of the Warthen slider, motherfuckers, and Fat Harvey. First though we have to talk about Bartolo prop bets and surprising Spring Training roster moves. And Jeffrey has t...

In Episode 175 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, it is mixed drinks for some, Spring Training talk for all. Jeffrey and Steve cover a bunch of March topics that will likely not be mentioned again until James K's Mets Forgotten First Half post in July. Next we move on to the corner infield preview, but we are not sure what to say about David Wright at this point, and are apparently required by Mets fan law...

In Episode 174 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, we continue to move around the 2016 Mets horn. This week we talk middle infield, which means we had to talk about shortstops, which means...well, you know. How are we feeling about Asdrubal Cabrera nowadays? Okay, maybe. How did Wilmer Flores end up doing against dick-high garbage? Quite well, actually. How is Eric Campbell making this roster over Ruben Teja...

In Episode 173 of Amazin' avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Greg don the tools of ignorance (no jokes please) and discuss the 2016 Mets backstops of note. Well first they banter about concerning Mets predictions and Yoenis Cespedes' future as a Top Gear presenter. But then it is definitely time to discuss if Travis d'Arnaud can stay healthy, if Kevin Plawecki will hit a bit more, and...well...uh...let's t...

The Amazin' Avenue Audio  podcast has a long and storied history of co-hosts drinking and discussing the Mets news. In a very special edition, we codified it into a game. Using the Baseball Prospectus Annual, Jeffrey and Kate, along with Kate Morrison and Nick Stellini of Baseball Prospectus, engage in the BP Annual drinking game. It goes badly, mostly for Jeffrey, but really for everyone. The lis...

Spring Training is tantalizingly close, friends, which means it is time for your position-by-position previews of the 2016 Mets to commence! In Episode 172 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Lukas discuss the Mets outfield, and it is in glowing terms. For starters, there will probably only be five of them, and they are all cromulent major leaguers. We talk Cespedes as center fielder, Conforto as...

In Episode 171 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Chris and Jeffrey talk I-95 landmarks and Adam Loewen. Yes this is supposed to be our Spring Training preview, why do you ask? We do eventually get to that and talk craft beer, fried fish, seventh men in the bullpen, inevitable intercostal strains, and allude to stories we definitely cannot tell on the podcast. Next it is time for your e-mails on filling out...

In Episode 170 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Brian banter about books and bad Binghamton promotions before answering your e-mails on the value of a compensation pick, the Mets contention window, a potential Matt Harvey extension, a potential Matt Harvey trade, re-signing Juan Uribe, the 2016 Mets lineup (those last five are all one e-mail, le sigh), old Latin pitchers, and our annual game o...

In Episode one-hundred-and-nice of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Greg discuss Sandy's sense of humor, how good the 2016 Mets might be, who is the best shortstop prospect in the organization, and answer your e-mails on prospects, Cespedes, the DH, and whether the Mets are the best team in baseball. We wrap things up with another IFK Goteborg update and a list of all the mediocre European and Ca...

In Episode 168 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey, Kate, Chris, Kate Morrison of Baseball Prospectus and the mysterious prospect hate man (he lost a bet) knock back a few and discuss the Mets re-signing Yoenis Cespedes. We prefer that they would have leaked this out two drinks ago, but we can't complain too vehemently because the Mets look like a legitimate mid-market team and have had a pretty good...

It is that time of the year again. The time when we spend two hours arguing over the minutia of the Mets player development system. Are you excited yet? You should be. In Episode 167, Jeffrey, Greg, Lukas, and Steve argue about the Mets minor league system. We start off with a system overview before diving into breakout candidates, who we are higher and lower on than the others, postulate some sle...

In Episode 166 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Greg discuss Mike Piazza's induction to the baseball Hall of Fame, the second best pitching prospect in the Mets organization, and what the Mets might do with the rest of the rapidly dwindling offseason (okay, probably not much). Then we answer your e-mails and talk Nicola Roeg films, IFK Goteborg midfielders, and Jeffrey plugs a whole bunch of s...

We like to think after 165+ episodes we have a bit of a relatonship, with you, the listener.  So we will be honest. This podcast, well it might be a bit of a train wreck. The Mets didn't help matters, since there is no real news to speak of, and the news there is, it's very confusing. Also Aaron's laptop is very noisy, unless Jeffrey figured out a way to fix that in post, and Jeffrey's laptop isn'...

Gather round our large metal pole, one and all, as we discuss strength-to-weight ratios, Mets dinner companions, air a whole lot of grievances and perform feats of strength on Amazin' Avenue Audio. There is only one way to wrap up a wacky, weird, 2015 year on the pod, and that is with a Festivus (though probably not a Cespedes) for the rest of us.   P.S. We also answer your e-mails, because Jeffre...

Gather round the fire and pour yourself a large mug of wassail. Jeffrey and Greg are here to tell you a tale of a larger than life man. More than a man, a legend. Yes, Bartolo Colon is back, and we are hear to talk about it. We also find time to talk about Jerry Blevins return and Dick Scott's promotion to bench coach. And of course there are your e-mails from all of the Daves we know. Because the...

This podcast has a long history of having news break shortly after we stop recording, especially during November and December, but even by our standards this week was impressive. Jeffrey and Greg have a lovely conversation about losing out on Ben Zobrist and the subsequent Neil Walker trade. We also answer your e-mails. Then an hour after we finished recording, the Mets signed Asdrubal Cabrera. So...