I vowed this year in 2025 with the Mets not to ride the up and downs, not to overreact,

and never count them out because in the previous year, obviously last year, 2024,

which was so fun, I had them dead from the beginning and never really believed in them

until it got into September.

And then I finally believed in them late.

So I said, this year, I'm not going to overreact. I'm not going to make any crazy declarations that the freezing cold takes people are going to embarrass me with, or Darren from the seven lines going to dig up and say, hey, remember when you said this, that the Mets were dead, and now they're back? Well, I don't care anymore because they're dead. It's over. They're done. They stink. Even if they make the playoffs, they're not going anywhere. They're not good enough. They are not consistent in any area that will get them to the postseason. The starting pitching is good, then it's bad. The bullpen is good, then it's bad. The offense is good than it's bad. They don't have it. It ain't happening. They're not getting back to the NLCS. They're not getting to the World Series. And they have been bad for a long time. It's been the end of April. They've played under 500 baseball.

Good morning, Boomer.

How are you?

Yeah, good morning, Gio, and I like the hot take on this. It's not a hot take, God damn. It's not a hot take. Listen, we're all ticked off, man. It's not a hot take. I waited until, God damn, what is it? August 22nd. I wait, this is not a hot take. Hot take would be, here's your hot take.

The mix are going to make the playoffs to go to the World Series.

That's a hot take.

All right.

Don't be telling me I'm doing hot takes. I've been waiting forever to finally declare them that now I no longer believe in them. I gave me a shot. Yesterday was the one. That was the straw that broke the camels back losing two out of three to the nationals being as bad as they are and sean mania falling apart like david peterson

fell apart not the last start but the previous one so i'm not hot taking man yeah i know i'm

listen i i'm ticked off too and watching this game yesterday and watching the middle

innings and watching Gary who watches every single one of these games, obviously because

he's doing the games, talking about the troublesome fourth and fifth innings for Mets starters.

And it's brutal.

And I was asked yesterday on a podcast, what do you think about the Mets? And I said, well, look, the Mets starting pitching stinks. I mean, it's just been injured. I mean, from Senga to Menaia, to all the injuries that they've had in the bullpen, to all these different guys that are missing. And Menaia is coming off of, you remember remember those bone chips in his elbow, and he hasn't

been right since. If you told me tomorrow that they were going to shut him down, I would not

be surprised. I really wouldn't. I mean, you could see he loses, you know, his control in the

middle innings, and after a certain amount of pitches, all of a sudden, you know, the wheels come

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