Mets Need Kyle Tucker to Save This Offseason

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 990 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Mets fans are running out of patience, and it all comes down to one name. Evan and Tiki break down why signing Kyle Tucker would not make this a perfect offseason, but could absolutely save it. They dig into the bidding war with the Dodgers and Blue Jays, Steve Cohen’s willingness to flex financially, and David Stearns’ short term contract philosophy. Plus, why missing out on Tucker would leave the Mets banking on too many maybes, reopen the Pete Alonso wound, and make this offseason feel just as bleak as it did a month ago. Everything is on the line in the next 24 hours.

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0:00.0	Tiki, this has not been a good off season for med fans.
0:03.0	No.
0:03.2	If they can pull this off, I'm not telling you it's a grand slam off season.
0:07.8	I'm not telling you to get your playoff tickets ready, but I think signing Kyle Tucker
0:12.6	would at least save this off season.
0:14.9	No, it definitely would.
0:16.0	And just to back up to what you were alluding to, because we started with Mike Tomlin yesterday and how we thought
0:22.8	at least I thought that he was stepping away
0:24.7	from the team voluntarily.
0:26.8	That goes back to a year
0:28.8	ago, more than a year ago
0:31.0	when we started a random show
0:32.8	with Tom Thibbido's
0:34.7	job security and ultimately
0:36.8	he got fired that day.
0:38.6	That's true.
0:39.1	I mean, if we start with Kyle Tucker, Tucker, he's getting signed today.
0:42.5	Can you be met by the time we get to 1230?
0:44.8	Maybe.
0:45.5	I mean, Tomlin decided to wait until after we were off air to make his announcement,
0:49.5	but that was their regularly scheduled time for their press conference.
0:52.0	So maybe we didn't get the afternoon drive shifting to the morning to the,
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