Rico Brogna: A New York Mets Podcast

You can look at the 2023 New York Mets up and down and find major flaws offensively, defensively, basic fundamentals, pitching, the list goes on and on. There's one thing though that is starting to peak through as well, the lack of fight from the team. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

In a year where Francisco Lindor is showing why he is the best shortstop in the league, he's also giving us moments of questioning him defensively. Saturday night is just one example of his defense being an issue. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets sweep the Diamondbacks and puts their current win streak to 5 in a row. Is the summer saved? One things for sure, Francisco Alvarez has a knack for clutch hits. Plus, we see how a near perfect cookie is made, a trade only Steve Cohen would make, plus your emails. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

In a three game sweep over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the one starting pitcher that gave us the biggest scares was none other than Max Scherzer. His win loss may be nice, but he always finds a way to make it difficult to come out on top. For comments, questions or topics email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Regardless of what happens the rest of this season there is one extremely bright spot, Francisco Alvarez. At 21 years old, Alvarez is turning into the best offensive catcher in the league and it's not even close.. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets find themselves in a very familiar situation going into the all-star break, they need more bullpen help. With little to no assets to trade, Billy Eppler uses the one trade chip that most teams won't use, the chip of paying off bad contracts. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

An amazingly pitched game by Kodai Senga, Francisco Alvarez game tying home run, Mark Canha game winning RBI triple, David Robertson taking a ball off is elbow and going right to Pete Alonso... just some amazing moments to extend this Mets win streak to 4. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' ( subscribe here ): Mets owner Steve Cohen made news just the other day saying the priority for his ailing club was to find a new team president. We are taking that task off his plate. Evan Roberts of WFAN and the Rico Brogna podcast is officially being named as the man for the job -- at least by the Baseball Isn't Boring crew. Rob Bradford sits down with Roberts to he...

One of the worst months in Mets history is finally behind us. Did they dig themselves too deep a hole? Tommy Pham is the real Mets MVP. Pete Alonso back to the Home Run Derby and happy Bobby Bonilla day. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

July hits and the Mets are undefeated. How about that? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Wins don't come easy for the Mets, and Saturdays game was no different especially on the final play of the game. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

JD Davis came back to Citi-Field for the first time since being traded and he had some interesting comments about his former teammates. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

It may sound incredible but the Mets finished June without a series win. A team that led the division for most of the 2022 season is on pace to win 72 games. Will the Mets become sellers? Is there anyone to sell? Steve Cohen speaks to the media and Evan runs through your emails. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

After all that talk from Buck, from Eppler, from Cohen and the Mets still lose another series. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

If the Mets become sellers at the deadline is there even someone to sell off? For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

It feels like Max Scherzer is a target for the MLB. Maybe there's some truth behind that? Plus Steve Cohen speaks and listener email. For comments, questions, or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' ( subscribe here ): On the day the Yankees' Domingo German threw Major League Baseball's first perfect game since 2012, the other team in New York served as the focus of baseball thanks to their owner's pregame press conference. Host Rob Bradford turns to Tim Britton of The Athletic for a boots-on-the-ground view of the Mets' mess. What has happened? What will happen?...

On the latest drive home with Evan Roberts, we've hit all time embarrassment as fans. The team is lifeless, the manager is lifeless, the GM is unsurprisingly silent. What the hell are we even doing anymore??? For comments, questions, topic ideas or just to vent email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets lose another series in brutal fashion. Everyone is to blame, but at this point there's no fixing the problem. The Mets have officially hit rock bottom. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

In what seemed like it was going to be another series win over the Phillies, it quickly turned into another disaster. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

The Mets have completely broken down in every area possible. The one that doesn't make sense is the lack of basic fundamentals. The unexplained errors. The Team is just bad. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Francisco Lindor will always be the one who is highlighted whether he is good or bad because of his contract. The question is, what type of season is he having? Depending on the numbers he's either really bad or kinda good. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

Evan and Hoff go through the off season of the Mets and if they made the right or wrong choices! For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

There weren't many names attached to the Mets this off season that we regret, except for one big name. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com

There was one player Evan was begging the Mets to sign in free agency. Amazingly enough he would have been an asset this season unlike many others. For comments, questions or topic ideas email TheRicoB@gmail.com