Mets'd Up

The Mets managerial search is over and Buck Showalter is our guy. We get into exactly what that does and does not mean, somewhat focusing on the shockingly unified reaction of Mets' fans to this news. Next, we each have a wishlist of 5 things we want for the Mets this holiday season. Some things are serious, some things are funny, this was a lot of fun. We also get pretty off-topic throughout. it'...

Things are slooowwwwwww here in Mets Land. The manager search has narrowed down to three finalists, Buck Showalter, Joe Espada, and Matt Quatraro. We talked extensively about Showalter and Espada last week so James sheds some knowledge on Quatraro's background and explains why he would be a good fit. The Mets also keep hiring new members to their Research and Development team and we touch on that....

Major League Baseball may be locked out but we aren't! Marcus Stroman and Javy Báez signed contracts since we last spoke so we start the show out by breaking down what they got and what it could mean for the Mets moving forward. Then we jump into ALL the managerial rumors coming at us Mets fans. James tells us 'who is Joe Espada?' and breaks down why he could be a very logical choice. Then we both...

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Big Friday for the Mets. Biiiiiiiggggggggg Friday. Steve Cohen opened up his wallet and pulled in Eduardo Escobar, Mark Canha, and Starling Marte in a 5-hour window. We break them down and offer very fair expectations for each. Kevin Gausman seems to be next on Uncle Stevie's list and we talk about what that could mean for Marcus Stroman. We close the episode by telling you guys what each of our s...

Happy Thanksgiving! Early drop!!! Aaron Loup is GONE and we break it down. Some Mets fans are freaking out but we are not quite there. James took a journey through Baseball-Reference and found 7 relievers who have seasons most similar to Loup and showed why it is unlikely the king of Busch Lite can repeat his success to that extent. Afterward, we get deep into the Japanese phenom Seiya Suzuki and...

James texted Marc "we have nothing to talk about" on Monday night and then all hell broke loose. Noah Syndergaard is an Angel and we are shocked. Billy Eppler is our GM and we're not thrilled. James doesn't know where Japan is. Luis Rojas is the Yankee's new third base coach and that's funny. JimBob made another stupid comment about analytics and we make fun. The episode gets serious whe...

We are back from Arizona and have an action-packed episode ready for you guys! First off, Pedro Feliciano passed away and we pay our respects to the G.O.A.T Loogy. Then, things get dicey when talking about the status of our front office. Why the Mets aren't hiring a president, why they can't persuade talent to join the organization, and some talk on new GM-frontrunner Adam Cromie. Afterward, we qu...

Live from Phoenix, the boys open up with Zack Scott being officially fired this week by the Mets. Everyone thought it was a pretty good move...except Buster Olney. Or did he? It's hard to tell because he contradicts himself every couple of weeks. Lucky you, we spend about 25 minutes outlining each of his recent contradictions, hope you like it! After we got that out of our system, we continued wit...

Jam-packed episode! Who said the off-season was not fun? The search for a president of baseball operations is getting a little bit scarier and while still optimistic, our confidence is beginning to waiver just a little bit. Afterward, we give props to our boy Jeremy Hefner for getting his option picked up and comment on Luis Rojas interviewing for the Padres' managerial vacancy. Then we dive back...

The Mets have officially missed out on their POBO 'Big Three' and people (baseball media people) are freaking out about it. We tell you why this is not a big deal and James dives into about 10 other executives who could and SHOULD be in play in an attempt to kill this narrative. Andy Martino also dropped a rumor that the Mets and Javy Báez were talking about a contract, so we touch on that briefly...

The boys are back from their quick hiatus with a jam-packed offseason episode! We start out with the news that Luis Rojas will not return to the Mets as manager. Sure, it happened a while ago but we haven't spoken since! Marc and James differ on who they would like to see as the next Mets manager and James breaks down what he thinks the modern baseball manager could look like. Really, this all com...

The season has finally, mercifully come to an end. We tie up the loose ends of this Braves series. James talks about how Tylor Megill can be used most effectively in 2022 while Marc reminisces on his guy, Jeurys Familia, in what was probably his last outing as a Met. The games were the games, they happened, Thor looked bad, Pete didn't get to 40, whatever. We ramble about baseball for a little whi...

Ah, bittersweet, bittersweet. This was weirdly an eventful week for the Mets because...well...they all are. We started out talking about Thursday's game here because we were in attendance and it was fresh on our minds. We had a great day and met so many of our amazing listeners which was an incredible experience! On top of that, the Mets smacked the Marlins around and Michael Conforto got emotiona...

So awful, just terrible. The Mets were swept by the Brewers this weekend and did not even make it competitive. They couldn't hit, field, or pitch in a brutal display of apathetic baseball. Such a shame to have seen this team fall so hard and so fast. Javy and Lindor are still hitting, same with Nimmo, but that's it. Gary and Keith let their opinion be known this weekend and we discuss that for a l...

You thought the Mets are dead? Well, they are really D E A D. We break down a listless series in Boston and dive into Marcus Stroman's rough outing, Taijuan Walker's struggles, and Pete's climb towards 40 home runs. Afterwards, we dive into our top 15 Mets prospects (24:14) starting with Francisco Álvarez all the way to some 17-year-olds I am sure you've never heard of. James brings the heat for t...

Lather, rinse, repeat. This Mets team cannot score any runs and their season has fallen by the wayside because of that tragic flaw. Zack Wheeler crushed us on Friday and Aaron Nola did it again on Saturday. Who could have ever seen that coming? Oh yeah, and Brad Hand found a way to botch an inning in each affair. Great series, just splendid. After dissecting the games, we talk about the increasing...

Bad series. Really bad series. One of the WORST series the Mets played all season. We break down every game and wallow in our sadness for the season probably finally being over. James breaks down Adam Wainwright and shares a hidden reason about how and why he is still able to pitch at such a high level. Marc let's Albert Almora have it and both of our patience with Luis Rojas is beginning to wear...

Massive series this weekend. One of the most fun this season, no doubt about it. We break down all three games including Friday's wire-to-wire domination, Saturday's chaos, and Sunday's drama. James offers some reasons for optimism regarding Carlos Carrasco while Marc throws hate on the Yankees every chance he gets. Later, we gush over Francisco Lindor and hope everyone FINALLY realizes the type o...

Well, that’s all folks. The Mets lost two of three to the Marlins and the season sure feels over. Marc definitely thinks so and tells you why right off the rip. We explain why the Mets are not on the same level as the best teams in baseball, how they can possibly get there, and who would maybe be around if they DO end up there. We yell, scream, rant, it’s a lot of fun so listen in. After the chaos...

Weird episode. Weird series. Five games are way too many to play against the same team and it showed with some sloppy baseball over the holiday weekend. The Mets lost two winnable games and we can't let that go. Also, James talks about a potentially important adjustment by Tylor Megill and Marc breaks down what is wrong with Jeff McNeil. Most importantly, Andrew Stevenson can legit kick rocks. ---...

Wow, a positive episde! We have not had one of those in a WHILE. Marc was at Citi Field for the best game of the year on Tuesday and will tell you all about his day and the Mets comeback. What a freakin' win that was and it set the Mets up for a SWEEEEEEEP. In between all these fun breakdowns, we have to talk about Zack Scott's DUI. It is clear the Mets current front office regime is not the right...

Wow. That's all I got. We talked about the games some. Then the Javy stuff. THEN we finished and came back because Sandy Alderson dropped a statement from the clouds. Get our reaction to the Mets latest fiasco here --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/metsdup/support To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about...

Things were fun for a few minutes this week until they weren't The Giants swept the Mets to mercifully end our NL West jaunt and we break down every game from Tuesday's ass-whopping, to Wednesday and Thursday's pain. Luis Rojas made what some might call an interesting decision during Wednesday's game and we tell you exactly what we think about it. Also, this week marked the return of our Prospect...

Tough series in Los Angles. We knew it would be tough, but man was it tough. We break down every game for you because that's what we do. Every single frustrating at-bat, decision, strike call, and missed opportunity. This Dodgers team is full of great, underappreciated players from top to bottom and James gets deep on exactly why their roster construction is so brilliant and how it gives them a le...