Mets Miss on Tucker, Cohen and Stearns Look Lost

The Mike Francesa Podcast

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Football, Baseball, Sports

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Mike discusses Kyle Tucker choosing the Dodgers over the Mets, and how the Dodgers continue to find ways to sign players while Steve Cohen and David Stearns cannot seem to land anyone with the Mets, while letting good players walk away.00:20 Mets Miss on Kyle Tucker06:13 Dodgers' Strategic Spending09:22 Cohen's Ownership Challenges15:02 Financially Divided League18:44 Cohen and Stearns Have No Plan

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0:00.0	It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the BetRivers Network.
0:08.0	Hello again, everybody, and welcome to the Mike Francesa podcast, part of the BetRivers Network.
0:13.0	And on this Friday, before the divisional playoffs, and obviously cold weather heading into places like Chicago, especially, which will be interesting.
0:25.8	Rams haven't played a game under 50 degrees this year.
0:29.4	We'll put the football aside.
0:31.0	We'll put the coronation of John Harbar aside.
0:34.6	You'll have your party and your pomp and circumstance and your press conferences next week,
0:41.5	as the Giants will be feeded for their success and begin to climb out of the abyss.
0:49.3	But right now, this is about what happened last night as Tucker really rock the baseball world by signing
0:58.9	with the Dodgers for a very handsome amount of money that averaged out as the second
1:06.2	highest in baseball behind the big guy.
1:12.0	And yes, 10 million of it is deferred.
1:14.5	So it comes down to 57 million per year.
1:17.6	30 million of it is deferred.
1:19.2	But that's a pittance.
1:21.3	And whether or not the Mets did offer a signing bonus or not late,
1:25.7	who cares?
1:26.7	The bottom line is, again, they didn't get their guy.
1:29.7	Okay?
1:30.2	That's where it is for the Mets.
1:32.3	And this isn't about the Yankees.
1:35.1	And it isn't about whether or not the Mets steal Bellinger,
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