Hour 1: Kyle Tucker or Bust for the Mets + Harbaugh Lands in NYC

Evan & Tiki

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4.6 • 945 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The Mets offseason is at a tipping point, and Kyle Tucker is the one move that could change the entire mood. Evan and Tiki debate why Tucker would “save” the winter, why the Mets’ only real edge is money, and how David Stearns’ short-term, high-AAV philosophy is shaping everything after losing Pete Alonso. Then it turns into a wild New York sports morning: John Harbaugh meets with the Giants, fans call in on Tucker vs pitching help (Suarez, Valdez, Giolito), and the guys hit the Yankees’ under-the-radar Ryan Weathers trade before circling back to the big question: who’s the Mets ace right now? Chapters 00:00 Kyle Tucker “saves” the Mets offseason 03:20 Mets vs Dodgers vs Blue Jays and what actually matters 06:25 Trusting Stearns, roster “maybes,” and the first base frustration 14:00 Giants news: John Harbaugh meeting and the Tisch plane buzz 18:30 Calls: Tucker vs Suarez/Valdez, plus the rotation anxiety 35:15 Yankees add Ryan Weathers, then Giolito and the Mets “ace” debate

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0:00.0	Tiki, this has not been a good off season for med fans.
0:03.0	No.
0:03.2	If they can pull this off, I'm not telling you it's a grand slam off season.
0:07.8	I'm not telling you to get your playoff tickets ready, but I think signing Kyle Tucker
0:12.6	would at least save this off season.
0:14.9	No, it definitely would.
0:16.0	And just to back up to what you were alluding to, because we started with Mike Tomlin yesterday and how we thought
0:22.8	at least I thought that he was stepping away
0:24.7	from the team voluntarily.
0:26.8	That goes back to a year
0:28.8	ago, more than a year ago
0:31.0	when we started a random show
0:32.8	with Tom Thibbido's
0:34.7	job security and ultimately
0:36.8	he got fired that day.
0:38.6	That's true.
0:39.1	I mean, if we start with Kyle Tucker, Tucker, he's getting signed today.
0:42.5	Can you be met by the time we get to 1230?
0:44.8	Maybe.
0:45.5	I mean, Tomlin decided to wait until after we were off air to make his announcement,
0:49.5	but that was their regularly scheduled time for their press conference.
0:52.0	So maybe we didn't get the afternoon drive shifting to the morning to the,
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