As the new year begins, is a new Mets team incoming?

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

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

On the latest episode of The Mets Pod, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo kick off 2026 the way they ended last year, waiting for the Mets to make more moves. The guys discuss noise around Kyle Tucker and Framber Valdez, and throw around some other names that may match up with the Mets in free agency or trades. Connor and Joe also go Down on the Farm to talk about how "ready" top prospect Carson Benge really is, and answer Mailbag questions about how good the Mets really are, a potential trade match with the Guardians, the starting rotation, and what to do with the current crowd of young infielders. 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 02:00 New Year's Mets Resolutions 09:45 Kyle Tucker 14:45 David Stearns' free agent market strategy 23:15 Framber Valdez 29:55 Down on the Farm: Is Carson Benge MLB-ready? 34:55 Mailbag: What did 2025 reveal about the Mets organization? 40:55 Mailbag: Trade for Jose Ramirez and Cade Smith? 42:05 Mailbag: Current rotation + 2 more bats = comfortable? 49:20 Mailbag: What to do with the crowd of young infielders?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mets Pod.
0:01.1	On today's show, we take a look at what's left of the free agent market and how they fit the Mets from Kyle Tucker to Framber Valdez.
0:07.8	We also go down on the farm to talk Carson Benj and we close out the show, of course, answering your mailbag questions.
0:13.9	So subscribe to the Metspot at Apple Podcasts, Spotify.
0:16.3	You can watch every episode on SMY's YouTube channel or wherever you get your shows.
0:29.1	What's up, everybody?
0:30.5	Welcome to the Mets Pod.
0:34.1	I'm your host, Connor Rogers, joined as always by my co-host, Joe DeMayo.
0:36.8	And we are back from our one week break.
0:39.4	And Joe, nothing really happened, honestly. we didn't have to panic log on on New Year's Eve or wake up and be like oh what did
0:45.4	the Mets do now um there's been some news and nuggets and we're going to go through everything today
0:50.5	from the connection to Kyle Tucker which might be a surprise to some people in free agency.
0:56.5	One that's not a surprise for Amber Valdez, of course, and the actual pitching market,
1:00.7	which we expect the Mets to hover around and maybe some potential trades.
1:04.4	But before we do any of that, Joe, it's too late to say, happy New Year.
1:08.2	Sorry, we missed the boat.
1:09.7	Pass the deadline.
1:11.0	Pass the deadline. Anyone out there, I hope you have a lovely 2026, but it is, it's, it's, you're too late. So anyway, how are you?
1:19.5	Connor, we're doing okay. I was debating when I was coming on to log on to do the podcast. Are we going to be more on the Mike Bauman signing or the Christian Arroyo signing?
1:29.8	Because obviously those two significant things happened while we were on our break.
1:33.6	And ultimately, I think we picked the right week to do it.
1:36.5	Because as you said, frankly, not much happened.
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