Hour 1: Mets Land Freddy Peralta, Evan Calls It a Risky Rental

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Evan isn’t screaming, he’s just being honest: he did not celebrate the Freddy Peralta trade. Yes, the Mets are better right now and the rotation finally looks legit, but Evan’s main fear is simple: this feels like a one-year rental, and they paid two top-100 prospects (Jett Williams and Brandon Sproat) to do it. That sparks the real debate for Mets fans: what result makes a rental worth it, World Series or bust? Plus, Mets fans flood the phones to defend the move, rip the move, and argue whether Stearns and Cohen are building a sustainable plan or living year to year. And Evan delivers a classic story from MSG, including the rough night as a Nets dad and the even tougher conversation explaining to his son why “Jet” is suddenly no longer a Mets prospect.

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0:00.0	I don't hate it, okay? I'm not miserable. I'm not screaming and yelling. I'm just being honest
0:06.1	that I didn't celebrate last night. I'm worried about this trade. I'm worried on a few levels.
0:12.4	A, David Stearns has shown us that he's not signing Freddie Peralta to a long-term deal.
0:18.7	Right, especially in his soon toto-be year-30 season.
0:21.8	Yes.
0:22.7	He's not going to do it.
0:23.4	He hasn't done it yet.
0:24.4	So I am under the impression until proven otherwise that Freddie Peralta is a rental,
0:30.9	giving up...
0:32.1	One-year rental.
0:33.0	Oh, one-year rental.
0:34.6	And I like Tobias Myers, but more on that later, I guess.
0:39.5	To give up two top 100 prospects in Jet Williams and Brandon Sprote for a rental for a team that I think has a chance
0:46.9	to be good, I guess. I don't love it. And so here's where I'm mixed Met fans. Are the
0:53.2	Mets a better team? Because I can totally see people calling up saying, come on, have it to be better? Yes, they're better. Freddie Peralta makes them better. Yes. Freddie Peralta. Their rotation all of a sudden feels good. No doubt. They have an improved rotation and all we screamed about was improving the rotation. I get that. In the short term, they're better. But last night and even this morning, as I've had hours to marinate on it, I'm not celebrating, I'm not partying, I'm worried. I'm worried because I think it's a rental and I think they gave up an awful lot for someone who is a rental. So Tiki Barbara is the IBO. Sean is the guy who may disagree with me
1:27.6	Met fans 888808108-101-1-9 I get it I'll take my arrows I'm not trying to be a bad guy You know how much I love this team And how much I care I'm just being honest I'm not celebrating today I'm not beating my chest I'm not apologizing to David Stearns I'm not doing all that other crap Because I'm being real that those are legitimate fears
1:45.3	that I have about this straight.
1:46.5	And they are legitimate fears.
1:47.7	As I thought about, Stearns. I'm not doing all that other crap because I'm being real that those are legitimate fears
1:45.3	that I have about this. And they are legitimate fears. As I thought about this after it came down
1:49.5	and all the, I don't know, the joy and exaltation that came from the Met fans, I was trying to
1:56.6	think of what this actually means from a Met perspective. What is David Stearns and Steve Cohen
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