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Connor Rogers, Ny Mets, Sny, New York Mets, Joe Demayo, Mets, The Mets Pod, Baseball, Joe De Mayo, Andy Martino, Keith Hernandez, Sports, Mlb

4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo drop a supersized 2025 season preview episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, as special guest Gary Cohen stops by the show! The guys chat with SNY’s Mets play-by-play broadcaster about Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, the situation at second base, the state of the starting rotation, high expectations for the team, and what he’s looking forward to most in what will be the 20th year of Mets baseball on SNY! Later, Connor and Joe take the temperature of the starting rotation, bullpen, lineup, and defense of the Mets heading into the regular season, drop their 2025 season predictions that always will be fun to review in the future, and answer Mailbag questions about prospects, Brett Baty, Luisangel Acuna, future live shows, and the health of Brandon Nimmo. Be sure to subscribe to The Mets Pod at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Today's Show: 00:00 SNY’s Gary Cohen joins the show! 01:15 What have you learned about Juan Soto? 02:45 Thoughts on Carlos Mendoza in Year 2 05:00 The state of the starting rotation 07:25 Baty, Acuna, or McNeil at second base? 10:15 What are your Pete Alonso expectations in 2025? 12:05 Thoughts on a potential Mets captain? 13:20 David Wright’s number retirement 15:05 What are you looking forward to in Year 20 on SNY? 16:30 The perils of a hyped up season, can the Mets break their mold? 19:05 Goodbye to Gary 20:10 The Mets Pod Temperature Check: The starting rotation 21:50 The Mets Pod Temperature Check: The bullpen 23:30 The Mets Pod Temperature Check: The lineup 25:25 The Mets Pod Temperature Check: The defense 28:35 The Mets Pod 2025 Season Predictions! 53:20 Down on the Farm/Mailbag – best prospects for certain categories 56:55 Mailbag – Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuna 59:00 Mailbag – talking to Connor and Joe at live shows 01:01:20 Mailbag – Brandon Nimmo’s health status

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0:00.0	The fact that he was able to provide that moment and really relieve the burden, which I think in the background had been on him all year with free agency pending, and then go on to play as well as he did in the subsequent series against the Phillies and the Dodgers, I think that that was a turning point in Pete's career. And I would
0:22.2	be shocked if he did not have a Pete Alonzo standard kind of year, a 45 home run, 130 RBI season.
0:30.8	You could just see it with this lineup around him.
0:34.1	Music around him.
0:45.3	Welcome to the Mets pod, presented by Tri-State Cadillac.
0:46.9	Spring is the season for new beginnings,
0:51.8	and it's the best time to get behind the wheel of a sophisticated new Cadillac SUV.
0:55.8	Visit your tri-state Cadillac dealer today. I'm your host, Connor Rogers,
1:01.3	joined as always by my co-host, Joe DeMaio, and a very special guest, the man that needs no introduction in Gary Cohen. Gary, we are thrilled to have you here for our special season preview
1:06.5	and looking forward to you stopping by all season long throughout 2025.
1:14.7	Gary, you've called a lot of games that Juan Soto has played in.
1:18.0	But now that he's a met, you got to see him throughout a spring training.
1:21.8	Was there anything different you've learned about him throughout this time?
1:26.4	Well, what I've learned about him is not watching him on the field.
1:28.3	It's watching him off the field.
1:38.3	I'm not sure that we ever got to see the playful side of Juan Soto when he was with the Nats or the Padres of the Yankees.
1:44.3	But there's a dynamic in the Mets clubhouse that does not exist in a lot of places.
1:50.1	And anytime you add a superstar player, you're not quite sure how he's going to fit in with that dynamic.
1:51.7	And literally from day one, Soto has been a part of the group.
1:57.7	He's been laughing.
1:58.9	He's been joking.
2:00.3	He works as hard and as diligently as
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