Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz opt out, A.J. Minter opts in, and the offseason now really begins

The Mets Pod

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

4.8 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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On the latest episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo welcome the official beginning of the offseason, as the 2026 Mets begin to take shape. First up, the guys recap the World Series and look for lessons to learn from the Dodgers success, then discuss the free agencies of Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz, the return of A.J. Minter, as well as the prospect of Justin Willard as the team’s new pitching coach. Then, Connor and Joe do a deep dive into several free agent options for the Mets in the position player group. The show then goes Down on the Farm for a report on pitcher Jonathan Santucci, and answers Mailbag questions about the bullpen, the Dodgers being a threat to sign Diaz, trading for Vinnie Pasquantino, pursuing Alex Bregman and Josh Naylor, and which Mets player should enter the tournament to be John Cena’s final opponent in WWE. 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! 01:05 A crazy good World Series, lessons learned 09:00 Justin Willard as new pitching coach 11:55 Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso officially opt out 15:30 A.J Minter opts in, the bullpen moving forward 18:40 Diving into the free agent market for position players (non-1B division) 34:05 Down on the Farm: Jonathan Santucci 36:20 Mailbag: Mets bullpen vs Dodgers/Blue Jays 37:40 Mailbag: Dodgers a threat to sign Diaz? 39:10 Mailbag: Vinnie Pasquantino as a trade option? 42:40 Mailbag: Alex Bregman + Josh Naylor or Pete Alonso? 44:50 Mailbag: Which Mets player should be John Cena’s final opponent?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mets pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac.
0:02.9	On today's show, we preview the position players available in free agency.
0:06.4	We also discuss the Mets hiring Justin Willard as their new pitching coach, a wild world series,
0:11.7	and of course, answer your mailbag questions.
0:14.2	So subscribe to the Metspot at Apple Podcast, Spotify.
0:17.1	You can watch every episode on SMY's YouTube channel or wherever you get your shows.
0:28.9	What's up, everybody? Welcome to the MetsPod presented by Tri-State Cadillac,
0:32.9	performance range style, three different ways to make every drive and occasion.
0:36.8	Whatever your reason, there's never been a better time to say. Let's take the Cadillac, the all electric Cadillac family of vehicles, Escalate IQ, Bistic, optic, and Lyric. Visit your tri-state Cadillac dealer today. I'm your host, Connor Rogers, joined as always by my co-host, Joe DeMayo. And Joe, we got a little bit of Metz news.
0:56.1	We got a lot of position players to talk about in our preview.
0:59.4	And we're going to answer anything we missed during the mailbag.
1:02.7	But how about this World Series?
1:04.6	My goodness, was this great for baseball?
1:08.3	Not so great for the heartbreak for Blue Jays fans, but the atmosphere, the fact
1:13.2	it went to seven, uh, that it just, it just felt like it was never going to end.
1:17.7	Every time somebody was against the ropes, they fought back.
1:21.6	You know, somebody asked me this and I, it was close.
1:24.4	They're like, is this the greatest world series of your lifetime? And I said,
1:28.0	Cubs Guardians was pretty special. This is right alongside it, if not better, out of all of the
1:34.5	ones I can truly remember. How would you answer that? I would say this is the best world series
1:39.2	of my lifetime. And I think part of it is, and you mentioned Cubs and the Guardians, that's obviously a tremendous world series.
1:46.0	This is the Dodgers are the new evil empire, the team that nobody could stop.
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