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Evan & Tiki

Mets Spiraling, Mendoza on the Brink & Fans Boiling Over

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The Mets’ brutal stretch takes center stage as frustration boils over and serious questions emerge about leadership, accountability, and whether this season is already slipping away. With losses piling up and confidence fading, the spotlight turns squarely to the manager and whether a change could spark anything meaningful. Evan Roberts and Shaun Morash debate Carlos Mendoza’s future, the culture inside the clubhouse, and why this team feels lifeless compared to past resilient Mets squads. They also react to Phillies fan outrage, compare dysfunction across teams, and ask the bigger question of whether any turnaround is realistic or if deeper issues are sinking this season.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The news around Dexter Lawrence demanding a trade came out two weeks ago. April 6th is when that story came out. And so naturally we all reacted to it. And as we were talking about it for the very first time, it actually broke during our show. I remember Andrew Kaplan, who does a great job with Digital, ran in and said, Sean, break the glass. That's right. And it was the Dexter Lawrence trade demand and it was exactly

0:20.9

two weeks ago today. Wow. That it went down. And after we had our discussion about it, I went around the room like I always do and said, all right, how's this going to play out? There's a few ways this can play out. He can get a new contract. The Giants could just dig in and say, we're not trading you or we're not giving you a new contract, or he can be traded. So this was our initial response to the Dexter Lawrence News. Let's see what Tiki Barber, Sean Morash, and Evan Roberts had to say. Let's go to our prediction desk with Rami. Is it separated by each individual? Yes. All right. So where should we start?

0:54.6

You want to start with? It's your call. Who you want to start with? April 6th. Oh, me.

0:59.3

103 p.m. How does the Dexter Lawrence saga end? Tiki Barber. Tiki gets a restructured contract.

1:08.2

So it ends up a happy ending. A happy ending, according to Tiki, a restructured contract. You're wrong. I mean, it did end up a happy ending. Well, not the happy ending that Tiki described. Very different kind of happy ending. As we know, there's a variety. All right, who's next? Let's do Sean. I think he is traded.

1:28.3

I think he is traded.

1:29.2

I'm going to give you a surprise.

1:30.2

The more I've scanned this.

1:31.7

I think the Giants upgrade in the draft.

1:33.5

I think Robert Sal and Brian Daibald trade for Dexter Lawrence and the Giants.

1:37.0

And the Giants actually get the fourth overall pick plus a fourth rounder.

1:40.9

Wow.

1:41.9

I mean, I gotta tell you, bro. I got inside the top 10. You gave yourself

1:46.5

way too much, but you got the 10th overall pick instead of the fourth overall pick, and you

1:51.4

didn't get a throwing fourth round pick. I didn't. I was being greedy. Yeah, we'll continue.

1:56.6

But one more on that note. What I didn't know at the time was what we found out on Saturday

2:00.2

night, which is this is the first time since Randy Moss was traded that a top 10 pick went for a non-quarterback. A top 10 pick. Well, yeah, because a lot of times, in fairness to that stat, a lot of times guys are traded when you don't know what the pick's going to be. Right. The Sauce Garder trade. Like the year before on the Justin Fields, the Justin Fields trade? Yeah, the Justin Fields trade that led to the bearers getting killed. Like you don't know. Makes sense. So it is a little misleading. But to the point like, yes, a knowing top 10 pick was traded for a non-quarterback. So so far, I got to hand it to you, Sean, you've nailed it.

2:34.8

Let's see what I said. So I think this trade's going down in the next week and a half, and you will walk away with a first and third round pick. All right. I mean, we're both in the same stratosphere. Yes. I didn't specify where in the first round because not all first round picks are created equal. I honestly, I remember, I went deeper. I thought it was going to be a late first round pick.

2:51.6

I thought you were going late first and a third as a toss-in. Obviously, you would prefer this, correct? Yes, and I know we're going to talk about it some more, but the other reason I like this is getting the 10th overall pick can lead to other things. It doesn't mean the Giants sitting there at 10 and making the pick. they, if somebody wants to trade up,

3:08.1

are more able to trade the fifth or tenth pick

3:10.5

and keep the other

3:11.5

and keep the pick, they, if somebody wants to trade up,

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