Mets Fans Are Back In: Bo Bichette Pivot & Bellinger Drama

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Trust in Cohen and Stearns collapsing, rock-bottom after missing Tucker, then suddenly hope again after the Bo Bichette pivot. The conversation turns into a real debate about what the Mets’ actual plan is, why they keep leaning on short-term, big-money deals, and how hard it is to build a connection when every jersey feels like a one-year rental. Then it flips to the Yankees and Cody Bellinger, with New York leaking every detail of their “final offer” while fans wonder if it is all posturing until they actually pivot. A caller suggests a big swing like Framber Valdez, and the show breaks down why that does not really fit the Yankees’ long-term pitching commitments, plus what a realistic pivot even looks like if Bellinger walks. Also in the mix: early lockout talk, what opt-outs could mean if labor chaos is coming, and why Mets fans might want to enjoy Bichette now without getting too attached.

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0:00.0	Tonight's the national championship game, which I almost forgot about because I care that little of it.
0:06.6	No offense.
0:07.3	I mean, it's just, I don't know.
0:08.9	I'm not going to lose sleep over Miami or Indiana winning.
0:11.9	And so honestly, my only concern about tonight's game is Fernando Mendoza.
0:15.7	And if something could happen that would change his draft stock and give my team the New York Jets a realistic chance to trade up and get him.
0:25.2	I don't think so.
0:25.7	There's nothing, right?
0:26.5	No, he's been too good all season long.
0:29.4	And this Indiana squad is just well built.
0:33.4	Look, they're probably going to win unless something miraculous happens from the Miami side.
0:37.5	Because I forget, they were the last team in.
0:40.4	They struggled in some of these games and ended up blowing them at the end, throwing interceptions.
0:45.7	But they've taken care of business in the postseason.
0:48.9	I think Fernando Mendoza is clearly the best quarterback in this draft.
0:53.7	And there are too many quarterback-needed teams at the top of the draft. He's not falling. It wouldn't be the Raiders taking another quarterback. It would be the Raiders deciding, we'll trade back and do something else. We don't need him right now. We're not ready to win right now. Right. That would be, and I don't know if anything Mendoza does tonight changes that, which I admit
1:11.9	kind of changes my view on tonight's game.
1:13.8	And I look at tonight's game and say, I'll watch it because I'm a sports fan, but I just
1:17.3	don't, I don't care.
1:18.6	Right.
1:19.0	It's one of those, you know, I just don't care.
1:20.6	You don't care what the outcome is.
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