We got Keith back of the fold on TV, so we don't have to worry about that. We got Howie back in the fold on radio. We don't have to worry about that. We got an offseason where this team is right up at the top of the list, the most wins in the league. They're over under numbers 90 and a half. And it's different. It's really different. Yeah. So, but, you know, it's funny. I mentioned this with Jerry. It's like you have the Dodgers that are over 100, I think it's 101.5 wins, or maybe even 102 and a half wins over under total. And then, you know, two and three are the Yankees and Mets. But yet we've sat here and talked about these off seasons like it's been a butcher job for both

general managers. Yeah, but I think we've also said, and we said this all the way back in December

when things weren't happening, everybody thought things were going to happen real quickly,

and they weren't happening. And, you know, I said eventually, you know, we'll get to pitchers

and catchers and we'll be able to assess what the offseason looks like

by the amount of players that they move and they sign. That's all there is to it. It just may not happen as quickly as you'd like it. Now we sit here and basically both teams are done. And now we see what their rosters look like to start the season. And I think, quite frankly, I think

the Mets have done a pretty good job of kind of readjusting who they are as a team. They got

rid of three very popular players at one point in time, replaced them with three, at least three,

what I would consider significant, you know, veteran presence type players in the locker room.

And then they bring in Peralta to be at the top of the staff.

I mean, what is wrong with that?

When do you think our first phone call during the regular season will be that they shouldn't have let Pete Alonzo go?

Does it happen in the first week that they're not hitting enough home runs? Does it happen in the first series? I think a lot of that has to do with what Pete's doing in Baltimore. Yeah, that's true. So if Pete in Baltimore gets off to like 20 home runs in the first 60 games, I think people are going to be freaking out. I also do think, though, that there will be

Mets fans. I won't even look to see what Pete's doing in Baltimore. They'll just look at what the Mets are doing and then remember that Pete was a power hitter and then call up and yell about it. The one thing, the other part of that equation will be, where are your Mets in the standings and where are the Orioles in the standings. If the Orioles happen to get off to a really hot start,

and he's a big part of that, and let's just say they're in first place for, I don't know, let's say a month, month and a half or whatever, and the Mets are floundering and they're not hitting home runs and they're behind the Phillies, they're behind the Braves. I mean, you know, the next thing you know, it's going to be like, oh, you know, the sky is falling again.

Yeah.

I mean, there's a couple of guys on this team. I'm really excited about their ceiling. You know, you got some real high ceiling guys. You know what I mean? High ceiling guys. Yeah. Yep. And Luis Robert Jr. is one of those high-ceiling guys. Definitely high-ceiling guy.

And Nolan McLean's a high-ceiling guy.

Oh, he played the highest of ceilings. Carson Benj, I feel like is a high-ceiling guy, too. And we both like Benj right now. Yeah, we've never liked Benj. Now, here's one. I haven't seen Benj at all, but I just like Benj. Yeah, I mean, from what we've heard, and we make calls to scouts after the show. I don't know if people know that, but we have a whole scouting web of people that we know. And almost every single one of those scouts tell us they like Bench. Yeah, we have our, it actually happens once every two weeks. We have our scout conference call. And we say, what do you think?

And they love Bench.

And if they love Benj, then we love Bench. You know, here's an interesting one, though, that I feel like I need to see his floor raised. I don't know if he's a high ceiling guy anymore. I've kind of given up on his high ceiling. I just want to see his floor raised. Is this Brett Beatty? No, it's your same type of deal, though.

Francisco Alvarez.

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