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Pied Alonzo to the Orioles on a five-year, $155 million deal. Joe and I are going to break

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In this episode, I'm your host, Connor Rogers, joined as always by my co-host, Joe DeMail,

through the good times and the bad times. In this episode, I think, Joe, there's no other way around it. It is one of the bad times. We were going to talk about Pete Alonzo, going to the Orioles, kind of what's next. Maybe a little legacy talk of Pete as well, though I have a lot of time for that too. Joe, this one's different.

I think because any Met fan kind of felt this coming a little bit, but the fact it was in

such a tight window of one we didn't think was happening and Edwin Diaz leaving makes it so much worse. Some Mets fans were bracing for

this last year and with how little of a market Pete had, he ended up back with the Mets on a deal

that was very favorable to the Mets and gave him his opt out. And here we are in a span of not even

two full days. Edwin Diaz is gone in a very convoluted situation that a span of not even two full days.

Edwin Diaz is gone in a very convoluted situation that a lot of people can't make sense of.

And right after, if you were expecting David Stearns and Steve Cohen and the Mets to have urgency to retain a homegrown guy like Pete Alonzo after losing a beloved Met like Edwin Diaz,

you sadly were probably even more disappointed.

So where's your head at with this one, Joe?

I got a little unhinged this morning, Connor, and you know, that's not really my way of being.

Not at all.

I think it is just the fact, and as you said it, it's the fact that it was in 24 hours, Edwin Diaz departs,

and then 24 hours later, Pete Alonso departs. At its core, the Mets and Pete Alonzo have been

on track for a divorce for a calendar year. If we just think back to last offseason, I'm not saying the Mets didn't want

Pete Alonzo, but the Mets wanted Pete Alonzo exclusively at the value that they valued him at.

And it took until February and Alonzo not developing any kind of market where he just

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