Mets spring has sprung, Francisco Lindor injured, Juan Soto on the move, and more from Port St. Lucie

The Mets Pod

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Keith Hernandez, Sports, The Mets Pod, Joe De Mayo, Ny Mets, Mlb, New York Mets, Connor Rogers, Mets, Baseball, Sny, Joe Demayo, Andy Martino

4.6 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On the latest episode of The Mets Pod, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo are in full spring training and news reaction mode. First up, the guys break down the bombs dropped by Mets president of baseball ops David Stearns - Francisco Lindor's injury and Juan Soto's position change. Then, the guys give out their "Early Spring Training" awards, go Down on the Farm to find a non-roster invitee to big league camp who will have an impact, and answer Mailbag questions about possibly signing Griffin Canning, who would manage their all-time Mets team, and what the Mets future holds for Ronny Mauricio. Be sure to subscribe to The Mets Pod at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Today’s Show: 00:00 Welcome to the show 00:45 David Stearns speaks in spring, drops bombs 02:00 Francisco Lindor injury 08:00 Juan Soto moves to LF 13:05 Who is MJ Melendez? 17:20 TMP Early Spring Training Awards! 17:35 Best shape of his live award 21:15 Prospect who will get everyone hyped award 24:25 Spring Training "Vibe Guy" award 27:45 Comeback guy award 33:35 Best arrival video award 37:40 Down on the Farm/Mailbag: Impact non-roster invitee 39:35 Mailbag: Could Mets sign Griffin Canning? 43:05 Mailbag: Who manages the TMP Mets all-time team? 45:45 Mailbag: What's the role for Ronny Mauricio?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mets pod on today's show, Juan Soto in left field, Francisco Lindor's injury.
0:06.8	And of course, Joe and I hand out some early spring training awards.
0:10.6	As always, we close out the show answering your mailbag questions.
0:14.0	So subscribe to the Metspot at Apple Podcast.
0:16.6	Spotify.
0:17.1	You can watch every episode on SMY's YouTube channel or wherever you get your shows.
0:29.4	What's up, everybody? Welcome to the Mets Pod. I'm your host, Connor Rogers.
0:33.4	Jo, as always by my co-host, Joe DeMayo and Joe, it is one of those weeks where we just
0:39.0	nailed the timing because just a couple hours before you and I were set to fire up the
0:43.6	mics. David Stearns with an interesting spring training press conference and you see the lower
0:50.2	right there from our producer starts by dropping bombs and the bombs are
0:55.6	Juan Soto is going to play left field this year and the bad news Francisco Lindor
1:01.1	might need surgery for a hamate bone injury which would be about a six week recovery
1:07.0	putting him right up near opening day so Joe this is usually one of those quiet times,
1:13.6	but not for the Mets. A lot going on. How are you? Connor, I'm doing all right. I'll tell you this
1:20.4	when we were in group text last night, getting ready for this pod, we're just like, oh, we need to
1:25.7	figure out some fun stuff to do because nothing's going on. And I knew David Stearns was going to speak today, but I'm like, oh, this is just the kickoff spring training press conference. Everything's Rosie. He's just going to say, everybody's in the best shape of their life. You know, the whole beginning of spring training mantra. And Stearns comes on. He's like, all all right guys francisco lindore getting evaluated with
1:46.0	his hamate bone may need surgery and juan soto's playing left field and that that's just how we're
1:51.0	starting everything uh so as as accurately said on the bottom third here if you're watching on
1:56.9	youtube he certainly started spring training by dropping bombs well let's start with the lind injury, and then we'll get to Soto and the trickle effect of that.
2:05.6	I mean, far from the worst possible news, you know, this is a scenario where in theory, it shouldn't cost Lindor time into the season.
2:16.6	It does sound like with the worst case being potential surgery,
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