Mets add Luke Weaver, subtract Jeff McNeil, and have eyes on more moves

The Mets Pod

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4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On the latest episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo head into New Year’s looking at a very new Mets team for 2026. The guys break down the bullpen after the addition of Luke Weaver, react to the trade of Jeff McNeil to the A’s for a young pitching prospect, discuss the many former Yankees who have become current Mets, and wonder whether or not Cody Bellinger could join that group. Connor and Joe also go Down on the Farm to talk about international prospect Wandy Asigen, and answer Mailbag questions about David Stearns possibly hiring a GM, the appeal of Luis Robert Jr, and an interesting hypothetical trade scenario for Tarik Skubal. 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 show 01:00 Mets sign reliever Luke Weaver to a two-year deal 03:35 Where does the bullpen stand now? 06:30 Many ex-Yankees are now Mets 09:05 Jeff McNeil traded to A’s for pitching prospect Yordan Rodriguez 17:55 Mets payroll questions 21:20 Is Cody Bellinger a Mets possibility? 29:50 Down on the Farm: Mets to sign international prospect Wandy Asigen 35:50 Mailbag: Emotions and grace for the moves of David Stearns? 41:05 Mailbag: Why won’t David Stearns hire a GM? 43:55 Mailbag: A tripleheader of questions about Luis Robert Jr 48:10 Mailbag: How about this Tarik Skubal trade idea?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac.
0:02.9	On today's show, we talk the Mets revamped bullpen after the addition of Luke Weaver,
0:07.4	what the next move is and why it could be another former Yankee.
0:11.1	We also have a massive down-on-the-farm update with the expected signing of highly regarded prospect, Wandi, a Sagan.
0:17.7	So subscribe to the Mets pod at Apple Podcast, Spotify.
0:20.6	You can watch every episode on
0:22.0	SMY's YouTube channel or wherever you get your shows.
0:32.7	What's up, everybody? Welcome to the Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac performance
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0:50.6	catalytic dealer today i'm your host connor Rogers, joined as always by my co-host,
0:55.3	Joe DeMeo and Joe, the Mets technically have made a move since we were last on. They add Luke
1:00.5	Weaver on a two-year deal, the former Yankee reliever, sometimes closer. The Mets bullpen
1:08.0	now looks like the Yankees bullpen last year. What are your thoughts on this deal? Look, I really like Luke Weaver. I think he's a really, really good reliever. And the Yankees did a good job with him. This is a guy that was a starting pitcher that was kind of like seemingly on his way fading out. And the Yankees were able to tinker some things and put
1:27.9	him in a good position where as you said there was a period of time where Luke Weaver was
1:32.9	the Yankees closer and part of that was Devin Williams had some early season struggles but
1:38.6	weaver's a guy that look it's 95 96 mile an hour on the fastball it's got that ride he knows how to throw it up in
1:46.8	the zone he's got a change up so i think this is a perfectly good set up quality reliever and
1:54.5	we'll get into the whole running joke of signing all the ex-yankies but luke weaver very, very good reliever, and I want the Mets to get very
2:03.1	good relievers. Yeah, I think it's, you know, obviously the dream scenario was to have Edwin
2:09.2	Diaz and Devin Williams, and it's hard in the short term to erase that from your memory. And that
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