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1

False Hope

2

Commitment to the Plan

3

Opportunity from the Crisis

4

How Did The Mets Get Here?

5

Consequences of Impulsivity

6

Part 2: Positional Prospect Discussion

7

McNeil Delivers, But Are the Kids Ready?

8

Bigger Things Ahead?

9

First Impressions

10

What If? Mapping Out the Mets Season

11

Part 2: The State of the Mets Pitching

12

Part 1: Decisions, Decisions

13

Red Flags

14

Depth on Display

15

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

16

Spring Kick Off

17

Aligning the Stars

18

Don't Extend Freddy Peralta

19

Are the Mets Better?

20

Did the Mets Land Their Ace?

21

Run Prevention

22

Going for It?

23

Bichette Happens

24

Chasing a Dynasty

25

Positive Projections

26

The Curse of OMG

27

Are the Mets Rebuilding

28

The Mets Budget

29

Post Winter Meetings Roundtable

30

Post Winter Meetings State of the Union

31

The Stearns Way

32

Super Bullpen That Wasn't

33

Prepping for the Winter Meetings

34

Reaction to Devin Williams Signing

35

Rumors and Gossip

36

What's Next After Nimmo?

37

Wait, They Traded Nimmo?

38

Far East Options

39

Reaction to David Stearns at the GM Meetings

40

Life Without Alonso & Diaz

41

Getting Ready for the Hot Stove

42

AFL, Prospects, and Edwin Diaz

43

Chasing an Ace

44

7 Years?

45

Talkin Mets Announcement

46

The Core Conversation

47

Closing Thoughts

48

The Little Things

49

The Last Days of the Core?

50

Acceptance

51

Remembering Davey Johnson

52

Kids Weekend

53

Pitching Problems

54

Ace What Ace?

55

A Bold Move Ahead?

56

A Cowboy Gives Hope

57

Managing Expectations

58

Staring into the Abyss

59

Start-ing to Worry

60

Going for It

61

Super Bullpen

62

Playoff Primer

63

Misinformation Season

64

Number 5 David Wright

65

Investing in the 2025 Mets

66

Are the Mets a Playoff Team

67

Silver Lining Slump

68

June Swoon

69

Net Negative

70

Pitching Regression

71

Rocky Mountain High

72

October Preview

73

Taking Care of Business

74

Who Are the 2025 Mets?

75

Top Mets Pitching Prospects

76

Subway Series Learnings

77

Soto and the Subway Series

78

Learning from PCA

79

Starting Pitching Sustainability

80

Spring Cleaning

81

Home Perfection

82

The Citi Field Advantage

83

First Place Problems

84

Small Sample Size Overreaction

85

First Impressions of the 2025 Mets

86

What to Watch in 2025

87

Time for the System to Breakout

88

Spring State of the Union

89

Dare to Dream

90

Why Don't the Fans Show Up to Citi Field?

91

Clay Holmes Dazzling Grapefruit Debut

92

The Boys Are Back

93

A Convenient Marriage

94

OMG What's Left of the Mets Hot Stove?

95

For the Good of the Game

96

Boras vs. Cohen

97

Wright, Wagner, Beltran and the HOF

98

Mets New World Order

99

Time to Move On?

100

Tanner Scott and the Mets Bullpen

101

Pete Alonso's Career Crossroads

102

Sports Time Travel: The 1973 Mets

103

A Game of Chicken With a Polar Bear

104

Sean Manaea and the Riverboat Gambler Rotation

105

The Polar Bear Market

106

Soto Coronation

107

Steve Cohen Lands his White Whale

108

Plan B - A World Without Soto

109

Shipping up to Boston?

110

The 40-Man Roster

111

The Curious Case of Roki Sasaki

112

Do the Mets Have a Real Shot at Juan Soto?

113

Hot Stove with Will Sammon

114

Juan Soto and the Mets

115

An Honest Conversation About the 2024 Mets

116

The Dream is Over

117

Not Over Yet

118

One Last Day of Summer

119

Missed Opportunity

120

Anatomy of an MVP

121

Shake it Off

122

LA Dreaming

123

Chips to the Center of the Table

124

The Citi Field Advantage

125

Building a Bridge

126

Making a Statement

127

A Hollywood Ending

128

Getting the Ball to Diaz

129

Baseball Players Making Baseball Plays

130

The Innocent Climb

131

It Had to Be This Way

132

Mets Fans and the Homestand

133

Slaying the Demon

134

Andrew Tredinnick of The Record Talkin' Mets

135

Time to Step Up

136

Jeff McNeil's Injury

137

Best Season in Mets History

138

Let the Good Vibes Roll

139

Should Luis Torrens Play More?

140

Sean Manaea and the Mets Rotation

141

Mets Math in September

142

Francisco Lindor's MVP Season

143

Mets Mojo vs. Braves Pitching

144

Six-Inning Pitchers

145

The New Jeff McNeil

146

Walk-ing Away from the Wild Card

147

How Good is the Mets Offense?

148

Lessons from Anaheim

149

In Stearns We Trust?

150

Talkin' Mets Top Prospects Discussion

151

Decisions Decisions

152

The Kodai Senga Dilemma

153

Stub Your Toe Weekend

154

Pete Alonso, All-Star?

155

Good Vibes at Citi Field

156

Big Idea: Trading for Mason Miller

157

Living & Dying with Diaz

158

SOS, Save the Mets Bullpen

159

Good Vibes, Bad Bullpen

160

Willie Mays: The Life The Legend

161

Statement Road Trip, Sticky Win

162

Help From Within

163

100 mph

164

The Impact of the London Series

165

Fool's Gold

166

Strawberry's Message

167

Finding Strawberry

168

Cleaning up the Mess

169

The Right Message

170

The Last Stand

171

Core Crossroads

172

$158 Million Dollar Decision

173

Blocking the Plate

174

Warning Signs Become Reality

175

Dare to Dream on Christian Scott

176

976-1313

177

What to Do With Mark Vientos?

178

West Coast Warning Signs

179

Remembering Whitey and Jackie

180

Citi Field vs. Shea Stadium

181

LA Dreaming

182

#16

183

Homegrown Help

184

Chop That - Road Trip Reaction

185

Unhealthy Hate

186

The Future of Pitching in the Balance

187

The Blueprint

188

O For Opening Weekend

189

The 2024 Darren Reed Award

190

What Did We Learn This Spring?

191

The Impact of J.D. Martinez

192

A Great Week in Port St. Lucie

193

Ji-Man Headlines the Grapefruit Roundup

194

Nimmo at Leadoff

195

Starting Crisis

196

Shots of Energy

197

Jordan Montgomery on a Platter

198

Mets for Clicks

199

Is the Best of Lindor to Come?

200

Megill's Time to Shine

201

What to Watch This Spring

202

Spring Training Free Agent Opportunities

203

Stearns and Alonso on Contract Talks

204

Talkin' Mets Movie Night: 1988 Opening Day

205

Fire in the Bullpen

206

The Mystical Pitching Lab

207

Mets Ties to the 2024 HOF Ballot

208

The Kids Will Get a Shot

209

Riffing on Mets Hot Stove

210

Time to Be Opportunistic?

211

Trevor Bauer and the Mets

212

Are the Mets Really Going to Be Competitive in 2024?

213

The Pitching Problem

214

The Mets Recruitment of Yamamoto

215

Why the Mets Have a Good Chance at Yamamoto

216

The Third Base Puzzle

217

The Cost of Pitching

218

Can the Mets Close Yoshinobu Yamamoto?

219

How Ohtani Changed MLB For Good

220

A Long Cold Winter?

221

Winter Meetings State of the Union

222

Talkin' Hot Stove With Mets Fix

223

Trading for Starting Pitching

224

Mets Fantasy Camp

225

Mets vs. Yanks for Yamamoto

226

Mets Hot Stove Talk

227

David Stearns Challenging First Offseason

228

Part 2: Getting to Know Carlos Mendoza

229

Part 1: New York Isn't for Everyone

230

Part 2: Building the 2024 Mets Rotation

231

Part 1: Can the Mets Have a Quick Turnaround?

232

Part 2: The Tommy Pham Controversy

233

Part 1: Craig Counsell or Bust

234

Part 2: Billy Eppler's Legacy

235

Part 1: Is Craig Counsell Inevitable?

236

Part 2: Mets Smorgasbord

237

Part 1: The Beltran Factor

238

Part 2: The Mets and the Far East

239

Part 1: The Flushing Zoo

240

The Mets Hire the Smartest Guy in the Room

241

Full Show: Closing Day Brings a New Era

242

What We Can Learn From Murph

243

Are Milestones Still Meaningful?

244

Closing Time State of the Union

245

Full Show: Mets State of the Union With Will Sammon of The Athletic

246

Ticket Prices Are Soaring

247

Will Sammon of The Athletic

248

Stearns First Order of Business

249

Rumors Become Reality

250

Full Show: The Mets Get Their Man

251

Big Sexy

252

David Stearns Accepts the Challenge

253

Full Show: Is David Stearns on the Way?

254

Are the Baby Mets any Good?

255

Is Kodai Senga an Ace?

256

With Stearns News Don't Forget Eppler Appreciation

257

Full Show: What to Watch this September

258

Congrats Doc & Darryl

259

Pete Alonso Trade Rumors

260

Are There Any Gems on This Roster?

261

Front Office Shakeup

262

Full Show: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Citi

263

The Francisco Lindor Appreciation Segment

264

The HBP Problem

265

Ohtani Hurt on the Way to Citi

266

Full Show: Oh What Could Have Been

267

Can the Mets Be the MLB Version of Showtime?

268

Dreaming of a Far East Rotation

269

What Could Have Been

270

Full Show: Toxic Clubhouse, Brett Baty, and Why Are We Suspending Broadcasters

271

Why Was Kevin Brown Suspended?

272

Is Brett Baty Any Good

273

Toxic Clubhouse and Toxic Fans

274

Full Show: Are We Headed For a NYC Baseball Malaise

275

Road to Nowhere

276

A Baseball Malaise

277

Full Show: Trade Deadline Reaction

278

Is Ohtani Out and Early 2024 Reaction

279

A Farewell to Arms

280

Full Show: Reboot or Rebuild? Does it Matter?

281

Worst Season Ever?

282

Did the Mets Get Anything Good for David Robertson

283

Reboot or Rebuild Does it Matter?

284

Bill Pulsipher and Generation K

285

Trading Pete Alonso

286

It Ain't Easy Being a Met

287

In or Out?

288

What's Up With the Mets Farm System

289

Steve Cohen's Message

290

Fire Fire Fire

291

The R Word

292

Season on the Brink

293

Put it in the Books

294

Consistently Inconsistent

295

The Wake Up Call

296

The Back of the Baseball Card

297

The Anatomy of .500

298

The Long Game

299

Do the Mets Make Sense?

300

It's Baty Time

301

Starting Pitching SOS

302

First Impressions

303

Previewing the 2023 Mets

304

Peterson vs. Megill

305

The Trumpets go Silent

306

David Peterson Come on Down

307

Kodai Senga Debuts

308

First Impressions of the New Rules

309

Economic Arrows Pointed at Mets

310

The Journey Begins: Pitchers & Catchers

311

What is Pete Alonso Worth?

312

The Pressure Starts Now

313

Adam Rubin Remembers Carlos Beltran and the Omar Minaya Mets

314

Carlos Beltran, Bill Wagner, Mets HOF

315

Should the Mets Rethink Signing Trevor Bauer?

316

How The Physical Stole Correa

317

Does the Mets Offseason Hinge on Correa?

318

What's Up With Carlos Correa

319

Correa-mas Comes Early

320

The Kodai Senga Experiment

321

Checkbook Baseball

322

deGrom Gone, What's Next?

323

Dare to Dream of a Super Rotation?

324

Help from the Far East?

325

Is Driveline Good for the Mets?

326

Mets Kick off the Hot Stove With Some Sugar

327

The Offseason Blueprint

328

Big Ideas: Judge, Ohtani, Alcantara, and Turner

329

Part 2: Talkin Mets Postmortem Panel

330

Part 1: It’s a Probabilistic World

331

Baseball is Designed to Break Your Heart

332

Bassitt Pitches for Mets Legacy in Game 3

333

Is Game One a Sign of a Scherzer Decline?

334

Time to Have Some Fun

335

Mets Big 3 Get Swept in Atlanta

336

The Postseason is in the Air

337

Can Jacob deGrom Prove His Worth?

338

Postseason Musings

339

What is Success for the 2022 Mets?

340

The Diaz Difference

341

The Mets vs. the Historic Run

342

The Extra One Percent

343

Willie Mays and Old Timers' Day Reaction

344

Part 2: Cleon Jones

345

Part 1: Survive & Advance

346

Is This the Mets Best Chance?

347

Takin Care of Business

348

Prospect Hugging, Baseball Inflation, or Steve Cohen Tax?

349

ComponeMets

350

Subway Series Recap with Dave Mlicki

351

Mets & Yanks Battle on the Field and for Soto

352

Is Juan Soto on the Horizon?

353

Braves New World

354

Atlanta Showdown

355

An Ode to #17

356

The Francisco Alvarez Debate

357

The Cost of Winning a Championship

358

The New Market Inefficiency - Mets Baseball

359

Time to Panic?

360

Hollywood Ending

361

California Dreamin'

362

Time to Push the Gas Pedal on the NL East

363

This is Not a Sky is Falling Team

364

How Good is the Mets Offense

365

The Mets vs the NL East Best

366

It Takes A Bullpen to Make History

367

One Tough Team One Tough Roadtrip

368

The Tylor Megill Experience

369

Mets Pass A Giant First Test

370

Seaver Highlights Citi Field Opening Weekend

371

Buck's Bullpen Puzzle

372

First Impressions from the Nation's Capital

373

Hello 2022 Mets

374

Play Better

375

Let the Good Vibes Roll

376

Did the Competition Leave the Mets Behind?

377

It's Go Time

378

Reaction to MLB Labor Peace

379

Will There Even Be Baseball in 2022?

380

MLBPA's Resolve and Steve Trachsel Joins the Show

381

MLB Lockout at a Crossroad

382

Buck and Billy Visit PSL

383

How Good Are the Mets?

384

2022 HOF Ballot

385

Number 17 Gets His Day

386

The Mets What If Show

387

Part 2: Did Gil Pave the Way for Keith?

388

Part 1: Gil Hodges Soul of a Champion

389

The Transformation of the Mets

390

A New Dawn for the Mets

391

The Buck Should Stop at Citi Field

392

Mets Managerial Search Begins

393

Mad Max is a Met

394

Talkin Mets Panel Discussion

395

Black Friday Shopping Spree

396

Billy Eppler and the Mets

397

What We Learned at the GM Meetings

398

Are Analytics Ruining the Mets?

399

Don't Believe the Mets GM Search Narrative

400

Is Sandy Alderson Holding the Mets Back?

401

Who Wants Steve Cohen's Money?

402

Nick Davis Director of Once Upon a Time in Queens

403

Luis Rojas and the Leadership Void

404

Picking up the Blue & Orange Pieces

405

Talkin Mets Announcement

406

A Review of "Once Upon a Time in Queens"

407

Francisco Lindor Steals the Show During 9-11 Weekend

408

Prospects Grow in Brooklyn

409

The Mets vs. the Fans

410

Jerry Koosman, Booing, and Mets History

411

Baseball Not Twitter Will Decide Mets Fate

412

The Dodgers Show the Mets How It's Done

413

Did the Dog Days Bite the Mets?

414

Javier Baez, Kumar Rocker, and the Stretch Run

415

Can You Feel the Energy?

416

The Mets Wild Ride Through the Rust Belt

417

What to Make of the Mets at the Half

418

Is Third the Upgrade the Mets Need?

419

Oh Offense Where Art Thou?

420

deGrom Dilemma

421

Time to Make a Run

422

deGrom Dominance and Playing With the Big Boys

423

Can the Mets Keep the Magic Going in June?

424

Are the Mets Kevin Pillar Tough?

425

Danger Signs Ahead?

426

Rats Raccoons and Thunderbolts

427

Mets Blame It on the Chili

428

Donnie Sparks the Mets Offense

429

Broken Bats and Panic City

430

Is the Mets Offense a Sign of Things to Come?

431

Mets Weather Early Season Storms

432

Minor League Baseball is Back. Is It Any Better?

433

Early Bird Signs

434

Can Lindor Lead the 2021 Mets?

435

So Many Ways to Lose

436

Mets Get Hit with Their First Thunderbolt

437

Who Will Be on the Opening Day Roster?

438

Is Stro the Key to the Mets Rotation?

439

What to Look For This Spring?

440

Pitchers & Catchers Are Here, Bonus Interview With Glendon Rusch

441

How Good Are the 2021 Mets?

442

Trevor Bauer Trolls the Mets

443

The Daniel Murphy Episode

444

Is Something Big About to Happen?

445

Will there be a Bauer Outage in Queens? Plus HOF Bonus Coverage

446

The Mets Honeymoon Comes to an Abrupt Ending

447

Can the Mets Afford George Springer?

448

What Is Next for the Mets?

449

Mets Heat Up the Hot Stove

450

Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life

451

Bauer vs. Springer for the Mets Money

452

Jared Porter Accepts the New York Challenge

453

Should the Mets Trade for Zack Wheeler?

454

When Did Winning Become Secondary?

455

Robbie Cano, Don't Ya Know?

456

Steve and Sandy Win the Press Conference

457

Sandy Shows Who's the Boss

458

The Steve Cohen Era Begins

459

The Captain David Wright

460

The 2000 Mets With Mike Piazza

461

2020 Mets Wrap Up

462

Welcome Back Sandy

463

Beware of Shiny Objects

464

Slip Sliding Away

465

Will There Ever Be Another Franchise?

466

Mets Trade Deadline Reaction

467

Mets Sat for Dom Smith But Did They Stand for the Fans?

468

Mets Musings on a Lost Baseball Weekend

469

Are the Mets on the Right Track?

470

Marcus Stroman Opts Out

471

The Mets at the Quarter Mark

472

Cespedes Quits the Mets

473

Diaz and Other Opening Weekend Reactions

474

Ready or Not Here Are the 2020 Mets

475

Reactions from Summer Camp

476

Kicking Off The 2020 Mets 2.0

477

Are You Ready for Pandemic Baseball?

478

Talkin' Mets Scouting, Drafting, and Development

479

Will We See the Swing Kings in 2020?

480

Mr. Met Jay Horwitz

481

New York's All-Time Team With a Mets Slant

482

Big Sexy

483

Terry Leach's Baseball Journey

484

Talkin' Pitching With Doc Gooden

485

Yogi and the Mets

486

Baseball in Arizona or Japan?

487

MLB Post-COVID

488

Opening Day Blues

489

Mets and Baseball on Pause

490

Steven Matz and the Mic’d Up Mets

491

Will the Mets Get Creative with the Fifth Spot and More

492

Early Impressions of Luis Rojas

493

Wheeler vs. Brodie and Playoff Madness

494

Pitchers, Catchers, and America's Most Beloved Sports Writer

495

Silva on Mets Ownership Situation on 77 WABC

496

Steve Cohen We Hardly Knew Ye

497

Throwback Thursday Smorgasbord

498

Luis Rojas Steps up to the Big Chair

499

Take Two: Luis Rojas Steps Up to the Big Chair

500

Mets & MLB Start to Pick up the Pieces

501

The Carlos Beltran Saga and the Aftermath

502

Throwback Thursday: Gary Carter Interview

503

New Year-New Decade-New Attitude

504

Betances a Gift Under the Mets X-Mas Tree

505

The Mets and the Extra One Percent

506

Is the Mets Rotation Improved?

507

Kicking off the 2019 Winter Meetings

508

A New Era for the Mets?

509

Can the Mets Heat up the Hot Stove?

510

Pete & Jake Bring Home Hardware

511

Mike Silva Talks Beltran & Astros Sign Stealing 77 WABC

512

The Zack Wheeler Debate Kicks off the Hot Stove

513

Introducing Carlos Beltran

514

Mike Silva Talking Carlos Beltran on 77 WABC

515

Who Will Be the Mets Manager?

516

The Case for Joe Girardi

517

Mickey's Gone, Now What?

518

The Polar Bear is King

519

Reflection on 2019 and Beyond

520

Brooklyn You Have Your Title

521

The Personal Catcher

522

The Seth Lugo Conundrum

523

The Ultimate Gut Punch

524

Will September Be Worth It?

525

Mike Silva Talkin' Mets on Sports Talk 77 WABC

526

Mets Take A Step Back on Players Weekend

527

Amed Rosario Leads the Way

528

Mets Fans Win the Weekend

529

Mets Math Equals 31 Wins

530

Can the Mets Beat the Dog Days?

531

Trade Deadline Reaction

532

Instant Reaction to Marcus Stroman Trade

533

Can the Mets and Yanks Make a Deal?

534

Brodie's Mea Culpa and Cano's Big Weekend

535

Can Pete Alonso Bring the Mets Out of the Abyss?

536

Grading Brodie Van Wagenen

537

The Mets vs. The Media

538

Catching Up With Mike Piazza

539

Did the Mets Ace the Draft?

540

More Questions Than Answers

541

Can the Replace-Mets Survive The West Coast?

542

Instant Reaction to Brodie Van Wagenen Press Conference

543

The Pitching is the Culprit

544

The Final Countdown for Callaway and the Mets?

545

Is Mickey Callaway's Seat Getting Hot?

546

Is Travis d'Arnaud a Scapegoat?

547

Beanballs, Suspensions and Gio Gonzalez

548

Mets Pitching Woes

549

Early Season Decisions

550

They Said it Couldn't be Done

551

D.C. Reaction and Art Shamsky

552

deGrom Extension Drama

553

Scouting the Backfields

554

Vac's Whacks on Alonso, Front Office and Seaver

555

Is Bryce Harper the Difference Maker?

556

Pete Alonso and the Mets Culture Change

557

The Jacob deGrom Extension Episode

558

MLB Economics: Fair or Foul?

559

The Piazza Family and A.C. Reggiana

560

Harper, Machado and the Mets

561

Assessing the Mets Offseason Moves

562

Trader Brodie

563

The Passion of Mike Piazza

564

Reaction to Wilson Ramos Signing With the Mets

565

Should MLB Spice Up the Offseason?

566

2018 Winter Meetings Recap

567

Winter Meetings Call-In Show

568

Van Wagenen's Bold Move

569

Should the Mets Acquire Robinson Cano?

570

Trading Noah Syndergaard

571

Powerball

572

How Will the Mets Win the Offseason?

573

Introducing Brodie Van Wagenen

574

Who Will Be the Next Mets General Manager?

575

Recapping the 2018 Mets Call-In Show

576

Cy-deGrom?

577

Getting to Know Mickey Callaway

578

Remembering David Wright

579

Hope in Gotham?

580

The David Wright Dilemma

581

Gary LaRocque and the Mets

582

What to Look For in Garbage Time

583

Is the Mets Farm System Improving?

584

Trade Deadline Call-In Show

585

WLIE on 7/29/18

586

Familia, Cespedes and Media Outrage

587

Mike Silva on the Mets 360 Podcast

588

WLIE on 7/15/18

589

Russ Langer Las Vegas 51s PBP Voice

590

Call-In Show: What to do with the Mets?

591

WLIE 540 AM on 6-24-18

592

Rebuild or Retool?

593

A Glimmer of Hope?

594

WLIE on 6/17/18

595

Recap of the Mets Draft

596

Subway Series on WLIE 540 AM

597

Mets on the Brink?

598

The Mets Long Memorial Day Marathon

599

May 27th WLIE NY Sports Wrap

600

May 20th WLIE

601

To Tank or Not To Tank?

602

Callaway's Rough Week

603

May 13th WLIE NY Sports Wrap