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Evan & Tiki

Idiots With Idioms, Bellinger vs Tucker, and Championship Sunday Picks

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

The guys circle back to an emailed question they missed and finally explain the Cody Bellinger contract debate. If the Mets offered Kyle Tucker four years and $160M, why not offer Bellinger the same? The answer comes down to age, value, and how the Mets view Tucker compared to Bellinger, plus the sense that Bellinger’s market was basically the Yankees. Then it’s time for the weekly highlight reel: “Idiots With Idioms,” where everyone gets roasted for mangling phrases, mixing metaphors, and inventing brand new sayings on live radio. Add in storm chatter affecting schedules and travel, and the hour closes with Championship Sunday picks and updated playoff standings, including the big debates around Patriots at Broncos and Rams at Seahawks.

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0:00.0

And we never answered his question.

0:01.8

And the only reason I know that is he's emailed me at the RICOBi-H-Email.com to say,

0:06.2

you didn't answer my question.

0:09.1

And so his question...

0:09.7

My bad.

0:10.3

Yeah, my bad.

0:11.1

You're bad, all our beds.

0:12.5

His question was, why is the Cody Bellinger deal that the Yankees gave him five years 160

0:18.2

better than if the Mets simply offered Cody the offer they made Kyle Tucker

0:23.1

at four years 160. Now, the answer is it's not, but the Mets never offered that. And the reason

0:29.6

the Mets never offered that is twofold. Number one, Cody Bellinger is older than Kyle Tucker.

0:35.0

And so I don't think they were ever willing to give him a four-year contract. And two, Cody Bellinger isn't as good as Kyle Tucker. And so when you say, hey, I'd prefer Cody Bellinger. I get it. You could prefer them all you want. The Mets were just never going to offer Cody Bellinger what they offered Kyle Tucker because of age and because they feel Tucker's better.

0:54.8

Yeah, don't you think that Cody Bellinger also wanted to stay with the Yankees

0:59.4

unless he got a significantly better deal?

1:03.8

Yeah, I think...

1:04.8

Years or AAV.

1:06.6

I think it certainly seems like he preferred to be with the Yankees,

1:09.3

but he was never made a better offer, so I don't know.

1:11.4

Yeah. Like was he in every dollar guy? Maybe not. Was it going to be, hey, I want to stay with the Yankees, just get me the best offer? I don't know. So I don't know only because it was never a significant offer for Bellinger. It felt like Bellinger's market was simply the Yankees this entire time. The only offer the Mets were ever going to be willing to give Cody was less than three years, like two years, with an AAV maybe in the 40s, maybe similar to what they gave Boba Chet. But they weren't going to make the Kyle Tucker offer because they view Kyle Tucker is better than Cody Bellinger. And by the way, so did the Dodgers. and so does everybody outside of the Yankees who never really had an interest in Tucker

1:48.0

probably. you, Kyle Tucker is better than Cody Bellinger. And by the way, so did the Dodgers. And so does everybody outside of the Yankees who never really had an interest in Tucker, probably because they were never willing to pay that price. Right. So hopefully that answers your question, but it is Friday a little after 1.30. And so this is the part of the week where we get to relisten to all the mistaken idioms that we may have issued over the last week. And now it's not just

2:02.9

me Tiki and Sean. Hey, hey, you know what time it is? It's idiots with idioms. Idiots with idioms.

2:09.4

Idiots with idioms. Lapt till you split your sides. Idiots with idioms. Because John Harbaugh is not officially the head coach of the new york

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