Bo Bichette Changes Everything for the Mets

Evan & Tiki

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4.6 • 945 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The discussion opens with the moment Mets fans still argue about. Pete Alonso’s defensive mistake that altered an entire season and still hangs over his departure. Now the reality is unavoidable. Pete Alonso is gone, and the New York Mets are moving in a completely new direction. That direction comes into focus with the addition of Bo Bichette, a bold pivot after missing out on Kyle Tucker. The guys break down why the Mets moved fast, how Bichette reshapes the lineup, and why this roster feels unfamiliar from top to bottom. The bullpen is just as different, with Edwin Díaz out and Devin Williams stepping into a high pressure closer role. From the lineup to the ninth inning, this is a new Mets identity, and everyone is about to find out if that change actually works.

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0:00.0	The knock on Pete's defense, and I love Pete, that is very tough to argue back, is his errant flip to Kodi Senga.
0:08.3	Right. That's the one everybody remembers.
0:09.9	Altered everything about this season.
0:12.4	Yeah, Kodi Singa has not been the same pitcher.
0:14.5	He wasn't the same. The team wasn't the same.
0:17.5	But what we need to do, and I guess there's a day for it, you know, once this whole
0:21.5	offseason is settled, but we can't go through every day of the off season, we're litigating Pete Alonzo. And I know I do that sometimes, but especially on a day like today where they've, they've added somebody. Now, you may not like it as much, but Pete Alonzo's been gone for a month.
0:37.2	Time has flown by, but he's not coming back.
0:40.2	He's out coming back.
0:40.2	He's out the door.
0:41.6	And so as much as I wish he was back, he's not here.
0:45.1	And the one thing about the New York Mets in 2026 that you cannot deny, and we'll see
0:49.7	the results, I have no idea, is they are very different.
0:53.5	They are an incredibly different team.
0:56.8	They are built differently.
0:58.3	They got a different locker room.
0:59.9	They got a different closer.
1:01.4	The complexion of the lineup is completely different.
1:03.8	And we're going to find out pretty quickly, is that a good different?
1:07.9	Yeah.
1:08.6	Is that a bad different?
1:10.1	Or is that a same different? Yeah. The biggest difference is the closer. Because you had the best one in Major League Baseball. And now you have Devin Williams. Yeah. Luke Weaver setting them up. Yep. And Luke Weaver was great two years ago. Not so much last year. See, I think the biggest, I've almost made peace with the bullpen.
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