Hour 2: Mets Pivot Season: Short-Term Cash, Long-Term Chaos

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

With Kyle Tucker off the board, the Mets are staring into the void and Evan lays out why Cody Bellinger is not a realistic “panic buy,” even with rumors of the Yankees sitting around five years and $160M. If the Mets wouldn’t go long for Tucker or Alonso, why would they suddenly cave to Scott Boras? Then the debate turns into the uncomfortable part: what’s the actual pivot? Evan pitches a wild, short-term, mega-AAV idea for Bo Bichette that’s basically a Tucker-style offer to blow him away, get an opt-out, and take another swing at free agency before 30. The problem: where does he play, and how much run prevention are you willing to sacrifice to get a real bat? Tiki pushes back on the defensive domino effect, the “versatility” trap, and the weekly second-guessing Mets fans would live through. The guys kick around the alternatives (including a one-year Eugenio Suárez power play), plus why pitching still has to be the priority no matter what. And of course, the segment ends with the same challenge: if you hate the plan, tell us a better one.

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0:00.0	I rack my brain because there's nothing obvious. There's nothing that's like a no-brainer.
0:04.9	No. I will start by telling you why Cody Bellinger is just not a realistic option.
0:09.4	I believe the reporting that's been out there about Bellinger that the Yankees have offered him
0:13.0	five years, $160 million in that range, and that Cody is holding out for a seventh year.
0:18.9	If the Mets were never engaging in a long-term deal for Kyle Tucker, who's better and younger,
0:26.0	and they were never engaging in any kind of long-term deal for Pete Alonzo, who's also better, in my opinion,
0:31.2	then why would anybody in their right mind think that the Mets would engage in what Scott Boris is asking for.
0:37.7	Desperation?
0:38.6	I don't think the Mets are going to play this desperately.
0:41.5	I don't.
0:42.4	And nor would it be smart.
0:43.4	They'll rely on the young guys instead.
0:45.5	Yeah, and I also think that it would make David Stearns and Steve Cohen look really foolish
0:49.5	if at the end of this offseason they start getting away from their principles as much as I disagree with some of their principles.
0:56.4	So do you think they would get desperate and do something that they don't want to do?
1:00.3	No, I can't see it.
1:01.1	I see them a lot of Luis Senhella Coonja, Carson Benj.
1:06.3	You're going to see all the young guys.
1:07.6	Yeah.
1:08.7	If it comes down to not being able to sign anybody in free agency.
1:13.6	And if the pivot is not a position player, it'll be pitching.
1:17.9	Well, it should be pitching anyway.
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