Mets Get Better Now, But Is This Built to Last?

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The guys boil the Freddy Peralta trade down to one core issue: the Mets improved immediately, but it still feels like a short-term roster with short-term bets. If Peralta is a one-year rental and anything goes sideways, the whole thing can feel like a “temporary Picasso” that gets ruined the second it gets wet. Then the phones light up. One caller thinks the Mets changed philosophy because of media pressure, but Evan pushes back hard and says the front office has actually been consistent all along. That leads into the bigger theme: the Mets’ approach to short-term deals, what Bo Bichette’s press conference really told you about the plan, and why fans keep asking what “good enough” is when you cash in top prospects. Plus: a debate over the “roadblock” narrative with Jett Williams, what happens if Luis Robert Jr struggles early, and how quickly the Mets would pivot if performance is not there. And it ends with a hard pivot to hoops: the Knicks annihilate the Nets, the “players-only meeting” story gets dissected through Josh Hart’s comments, and the real question becomes what the Knicks do next, not what they did to Brooklyn.

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0:00.0	You can't hate it.
0:01.3	Oh, yeah, you can. How? I mean, you've gotten better, but the problem is it's not sustainable. It's not long term. Right. It's not, you know, the Dodgers signing a guy for eight years. It feels like it's just for right now. And so you'll feel good right now, but let's see. God forbid Freddie Peralta gets hurt. Oh, here we go. Then you're... Guys made 30 plus starts three years ago. I hear you. Here's Tiki telling me. Let's just say it. This is why I understand that bottom, that person who could say, I hate it. Right. Because if one of these guys that's here for a year or two gets hurt. What was the point? Yeah, it's a colossal.
0:38.3	What was the absolute point?
0:39.6	Absolutely.
0:40.4	So I can get it, but I would say satisfied because you're winning, you're going to win with the better improved roster.
0:50.1	You just don't know how long you're going to have it.
0:52.1	So this is a Picasso, in your opinion.
0:54.4	It's a temporary Picasso, but it's a Picasso.
0:57.5	It's a watercolor.
0:59.6	Ah, watercolor.
1:00.3	I mean, as soon as he gets a little bit wet, it's ruined.
1:03.1	Ruined.
1:03.8	Let's get to your phone calls 888808-101-19 plus with the Freddie Peralta trade
1:09.6	and with Cody Pellinger resigning yesterday,
1:12.2	we have almost reached the conclusion of MLB Free Agency Bingo,
1:17.1	a game we played back in November where we guessed all the free agent destinations
1:20.7	and even the trade destinations of certain players like Freddie Peralta.
1:25.2	So we may have our final results.
1:27.3	We'll get to that coming up at about 11 o'clock. Let's go to Pete in New Providence. Good morning, Pete. Hey, guys. How you doing? You do a great job, first of all. Thank you. Evan, you are 100% right about this trade. But here's the deal. I think it was motivated. They came off their philosophy because they
1:45.5	felt the pressure of the media and talk shows like you guys. What do you think? I don't buy it.
1:51.8	You know why I don't buy it because they've been consistent. Like they never wanted Peter
1:56.6	Lonsor, right? Or they didn't want them on a long-term contract. That didn't change.
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