Mets are doing baseball things in Port St. Lucie, with pitchers and catchers in early spring action

The Mets Pod

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Keith Hernandez, Sports, The Mets Pod, Joe De Mayo, Ny Mets, Mlb, New York Mets, Connor Rogers, Mets, Baseball, Sny, Joe Demayo, Andy Martino

4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On the latest episode of The Mets Pod, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo are excited to see Mets baseball activities starting in the Florida sun. Connor and Joe recap some of the early work by Freddy Peralta, Nolan McLean, Jonah Tong and others in Port St. Lucie, discuss the World Baseball Classic, do a deep dive on the return of Christian Scott, and chat about roles for and the trade values of Brett Baty and Mark Vientos. The guys also accept friendly feedback on their Mets all-time team selections from the previous pod, hat tip Carlos Beltran for his Mets hat in the Hall of Fame, go Down on the Farm to reveal some new names to know, and answer Mailbag questions about another outfielder and some fun promotion possibilities at Citi Field. Before the show wrapped, word came down about the Tigers signing Framber Valdez, so Connor and Joe reacted to the news and looked at the present and future state of MLB free agency overall. 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 01:05 Early spring training sights and sounds 02:20 World Baseball Classic - ins and outs 05:15 Christian Scott returns 09:50 Brett Baty and Mark Vientos - rolls and trade values 17:55 TMP Mets all-time team: friendly feedback! 30:25 Carlos Beltran wearing Mets cap in HOF, will 15 be retired now? 33:00 Down on the Farm: Two new names to know 38:15 Mailbag: Mets need another outfielder, could it be Starling Marte? 41:25 Mailbag: Pick a Citi Field Promotion! 43:30 Framber Valdez to Tigers, and the future of MLB free agency

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MetsPod.
0:01.1	On today's show, we talk about the early spring training action,
0:04.2	World Baseball Classic opt-outs, read some feedback of our all-time Mets team from last week,
0:10.3	and of course, answer your mailbag questions.
0:12.5	So subscribe to the Metspot at Apple Podcasts, Spotify.
0:15.7	You can watch every episode on SMY's YouTube channel or wherever you get your shows.
0:27.9	Thank you. episode on SMY's YouTube channel, or wherever you get your shows. What's up, everybody? Welcome to the Mets Spot. I'm your host, Connor Rogers, joined, as
0:32.3	always, by my co-host, Joe DeMayo. And Joe, we slightly have some baseball.
0:38.5	Some of the pitchers get to throw.
0:40.4	You get some early arrivals.
0:42.5	Obviously, guys have been working out down south.
0:44.8	They certainly aren't working out outdoors up in the northeast with the two feet of concrete
0:49.5	snow.
0:50.0	It feels like we've had forever.
0:51.8	But how are you?
0:53.0	And I know you love this time of year where
0:55.0	things start to slowly happen down in early spring training. Connor, I'm good. I'm seeing
1:01.8	all the videos that S&Y is posting with Jonah Tong and Noel McLean and Freddie Peralta just
1:07.6	never is not smiling. Christian Scott, just people throwing baseballs or hitting catchers myths. We're getting there. That's the way I look at it. You could see if you're watching on YouTube, the little palm tree in the graphic on the bottom. We're getting that close to that time of year. But, Connor, you always ask me how I'm doing. I answer. And then we just move on with the show.
1:28.3	How are you, my friend?
1:29.9	San Francisco Super Bowl Week, talking to all the stars.
1:33.2	I see Ashton Genty on your Instagram.
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