A fun start for the Mets, with full eyes on the new guys

The Mets Pod

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Keith Hernandez, Sports, The Mets Pod, Joe De Mayo, Ny Mets, Mlb, New York Mets, Connor Rogers, Mets, Baseball, Sny, Joe Demayo, Andy Martino

4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo are talking real baseball on an all-new episode of the The Mets Pod! The guys take a look at Freddy Peralta, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, all the other new Mets through the first few games of the schedule, go Down on the Farm to ponder contract extensions for prospects, and launch a new season of the Scoreboard with new twists, turns, and stakes! Later, Connor and Joe open the Mailbag to answer questions about a role for Mark Vientos and the overall state of the bullpen. Be sure to subscribe to The Mets Pod at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Today's Show: 00:00 Welcome to the show! 01:15 Opening Day and a strange early schedule 03:25 Eyes on the new guys: Freddy Peralta 05:15 Eyes on the new guys: Bo Bichette 08:55 Eyes on the new guys: Jorge Polanco, Luis Robert Jr, Marcus Semien 14:35 Eyes on the new guys: Tobias Myers, Luke Weaver, Devin Williams 19:05 Eyes on the new guys: Carson Benge 21:50 Down on the Farm – Prospect contract extensions? 28:25 The Scoreboard: recapping Opening Day predictions 31:25 The Scoreboard: making next week's bets, with new twists 41:05 Mailbag – What's the role for Mark Vientos? 45:40 Mailbag - How are you feeling about the bullpen overall? 47:25 A tangent on Mets jerseys 52:15 Closing Thoughts

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mets Pod on today's show.
0:01.9	We break down the week that was opening day,
0:04.8	including first impressions from all of the New York Mets
0:08.0	across these first couple of games.
0:10.1	We go down the farm to talk young player extensions,
0:12.5	bring back scoreboard predictions with a twist this year,
0:15.3	and of course, answer your mailbag questions.
0:17.8	So subscribe to the Mets Pot on Apple Podcast, Spotify.
0:20.9	You go watch every episode on SMY's YouTube channel or wherever you get your podcast.
0:28.9	What's up, everybody? Welcome to the MetsPod. I'm your host, Connor Rogers,
0:36.2	joined us always by my co-host joe de meo and it is
0:39.1	great to be back on opening day in the books the opening series in the books got one down already with the
0:45.1	cardinals a nice three and one start for the new york met's joe really could have and should have been
0:51.2	four and no but we'll have that conversation throughout the podcast right now.
0:55.5	Baseball is back.
0:56.8	I know that makes you happy, Joe.
0:59.3	Connor, nothing like baseball being back.
1:01.8	Every loss, there's a lot of negative things to take.
1:05.0	I'm sorry, every win there's negative things to take from it.
1:07.3	And every loss is the end of the season.
1:09.4	Like we know we're full blown back.
1:11.7	Opening day, though, was a blast.
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