Episode 008: Early-Season Mets Panic With Kodai Senga’s Six-Inning Breakthrough

Send us Fan MailA week into the season and we’re already doing the most Mets fan thing possible: treating every inning like a referendum on the entire year. Giovanni and Franklin record from different coasts while Franklin’s in New York for college visits, and the baseball brain never turns off. The headline is hope, because Kodai Senga looks like he’s finding his form again, and we get into what changed, why his ability to go deeper into games matters, and why pitcher wins and losses still lie to your face. From there it turns into the real early-season experience: rookies exploding, underdog upsets, stars starting cold, and the constant fight to figure out what’s noise vs what’s real MLB baseball. We talk broadcast comfort, why the Mets booth feels like home, and what it means to miss Keith Hernandez for a stretch. We also spiral on roster decisions, lineup “experiments,” and why we want Brett Baty in there every single day, especially when a Wild Card race can come down to one game. And because we can’t help ourselves, the game is on while we talk, so you get live reactions, defensive disasters, sudden home runs, and immediate overcorrections. We wrap with New York side quests (including Carvel), pop culture detours (Barbie and Tim Robinson), a quick hit of viral baseball internet joy, and our way-too-early MVP and Cy Young picks. Subscribe, share with a fellow sad baseball fan, and leave a review with your hottest one-week-overreaction.Support the showLet's go, Mets! There's always next year. http://www.sadboysmetsclub.comhttps://sadboysmetsclub.threadless.com/https://www.instagram.com/sadboysmetsclubhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sadboysmetsclubhttp://www.facebook.com/sadboysmetsclub