Live from spring training with Terry Collins, talking Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, and the 2025 Mets

The Mets Pod

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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

🗓️ 22 February 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On the latest episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, recorded live in Port St. Lucie from Mets spring training, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo are joined by former Mets manager Terry Collins to talk all about the Mets past, present, and future! The guys chat with Terry about stories from his years in spring training, David Wright having his number retired, the possibilities of this year’s team, and so much more. Later, Connor and Joe cover every angle of spring training so far and take all kinds of questions from the crowd! Be sure to subscribe to The Mets Pod at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Today's Show: 00:00 Welcome to The Mets Pod live from spring training in Port St. Lucie! 00:30 Former Mets manager Terry Collins joins the show 01:15 Challenges of spring training for managers 02:00 Yoenis Cespedes and Noah Syndergaard ride horses in 2016 03:15 This year’s Mets lineup 04:00 How would TC fill out the 2025 Opening Day lineup card? 05:10 Francisco Lindor as team captain 06:10 Retiring David Wright’s number 07:15 Expectations after exceeding expectations the year before 08:50 Managing top prospects during spring training 10:00 Will the 6-man rotation become the norm? 11:50 Grading Carlos Mendoza in Year 1, and looking towards Year 2 12:55 Balancing analytics with the human elements 15:00 Goodbye to Terry Collins 16:05 Juan Soto as a member of the Mets, and other spring training observations 17:10 Building a new culture with the Mets 18:20 Buzz around prospect Brandon Sproat 19:55 Down on the Farm: Prospects in big league camp 21:50 Down on the Farm: Prospects on the back fields, including Matt Allan 23:30 Mailbag – how many pitchers will the Mets use this year? 25:00 Live Mailbag – who is the Mets center fielder of the future? 27:20 Live Mailbag – if Pete Alonso leaves next year, who plays 1B? 28:35 Live Mailbag – when will the Mets call up Brandon Sproat? 30:00 Live Mailbag – is there a guy this year that will bring the energy? 32:30 Live Mailbag – what is Jeff McNeil’s potential for 2025? 34:25 Live Mailbag – will Edwin Diaz have a strong 2025 as a closer? 36:15 Live Mailbag – where does Alonso fit in the lineup in order to break franchise HR record? 38:20 Mailbag – who is the utility guy in 2025? 41:25 Live Mailbag – where does Ronny Mauricio fit in 2025?

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody?
0:08.9	Welcome to the Mets pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac.
0:12.1	That's right.
0:13.0	We are live in Port St. Lucy for the spring training opener right outside Clover Park.
0:19.2	I'm your host, Connor Rogers.
0:20.2	Alongside is always Joe DeMaio,
0:22.1	but a special guest in the house today, Terry Collins. Terry, thank you so much for joining us.
0:26.5	My pleasure. Thanks for having me over. You are a very popular man here. There was a line for Terry,
0:31.0	pictures, phone calls, autographs, a very appreciated and loved man with the Mets fans still.
0:37.4	All right, so please if you're here and you're not subscribed with the Mets fans still.
0:37.7	All right.
0:41.0	So please, if you're here and you're not subscribed to the Mets Pod, please subscribe.
0:42.4	Apple Podcast, Spotify.
0:45.2	You can always watch us like you can today on YouTube.
0:46.7	And you're going to want to stick around.
0:50.4	We're giving away two Mets Pod Shea Stadium neon sign t-shirts.
0:53.5	These were from our amazing collab with athlete logos.
0:55.0	We have two here. We're going to be giving out raffle tickets throughout the show. Stick around. At the end of the show, we will be giving
0:59.5	away the t-shirts. We're also going to take questions from the crowd later. So if you stick
1:03.9	around, you can get on the microphone and get on the show. But let's jump right into it because Terry, we have you here. We got a lot to ask you about this Mets team.
1:11.8	But the first thing, really, spring training underway.
1:14.8	What's the biggest challenge for a manager when you get to spring training
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