Best of the Mets on WFAN: Youth movement in full force

Evan & Tiki

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4.6 • 945 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week's Mets highlights include Evan's hyped reaction to the promotion of Jonah Tong, while Jerry Recco says fellow young starter Nolan McLean has the makings of a true ace. Plus, Sal Licata gives his trust rankings in the Mets bullpen, while Brandon Tierney says Mark Vientos is the key to making the Mets legitimate title contenders.

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0:00.0	think the meds have found something they were sexy last night sexy is a good word this nolan mclean
0:05.4	i mean you want to talk about setting a tone and you know what a sweep by the fillies as they
0:10.7	pulled to win and you know another game closer uh to the division lead you know you want to talk about
0:16.2	you're still a lot of time you still think the phillies might win the division. Whatever. Yes, all of that is true.
0:19.4	What this kid did, though, and has done in his three starts is simply remarkable. And last night, you know, there's two different things that I love. Number one, he starts the game off by striking out Trey Turner on three straight pitches. And then you look at the eighth inning. And I'm not going to lie, when he finished the seven, I'm like, are they going to let him pitch the 8? I thought they were going to pull him.
0:20.6	And I know the at the eighth inning. And I'm not going to lie, when he finished the seventh, I'm like, are they going to let him pitch the eight?
0:39.0	I thought they were going to pull him.
0:40.2	And I know the pitch count was low, but I mean, who the hell knows in this day and age?
0:43.6	He comes out.
0:44.3	It looked like he started to dry up a little bit. And I was like, this is a good time to kind of say, all right, good job, kid, let's save you.
0:36.8	But they was like, no, let him go through it.
0:38.0	Fair enough.
0:38.6	But he goes out there for the eighth.
0:40.2	And, you know, you got first and third, nobody out.
0:42.1	And I'm thinking, they're going to yank him.
0:43.4	And again, they let him pitch through it. No. Fair enough. But he goes out there for the eighth. And, you know, you got first and third, nobody out.
0:54.8	And I'm thinking, they're going to yank him.
0:56.1	And again, they let him pitch through it.
0:58.2	This is what you were talking about the other day. They let him fight through it. And he winds up, you know, you get the fly boy. You get to pop up. And then he's out of the inning. and it was really something cool to see and the place was electric
0:54.2	and another one of those nights where they're not winning only because of the home run, And it was really something cool to see. And the place was electric.
1:15.1	And another one of those nights where they're not winning only because of the home run ball,
1:16.6	they're stringing together base hits.
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