Talking with Mets SVP Andy Green, top prospect Drew Gilbert, and bringing the Mailbag to spring training

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

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

On the latest episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, recorded in Port St. Lucie from Mets spring training, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo are joined by Mets Senior Vice President of Player Development Andy Green and one of the team’s top prospects Drew Gilbert! First up, Green talks to Connor and Joe about his arrival to the organization, the improvement of the team’s player development system, and the latest surrounding prospects Brandon Sproat, Nolan McLean, Jonah Tong, Carson Benge, and so many more. Up in the second spot is Gilbert, who reveals what is was like recovering from injury that cost him most of the 2024 season, and what he’s working on to bounce back in 2025 with a big league call up being just one call away. Later, the guys unpack the Mailbag for questions answered about Pete Alonso’s contract, modern pitching conventions, and the Mets franchise home run record. 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 Mets Pod, with more from Mets spring training in Port St. Lucie! 00:55 Mets SVP of Player Development Andy Green joins the show 01:15 How being a former big leaguer helps in this job 01:50 Interviewing for Mets manager, pivoting to this role 02:45 The challenges of the big picture of the organization, learning so many players and people 03:40 The leaders throughout the development system, getting better with time 05:10 Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert, learning from a prospect’s rehab 06:10 Talking Brandon Sproat 07:35 The challenges and changes from Double-A to Triple-A 09:25 What are the next steps for Nolan McLean? 10:50 What made Jonah Tong step up in the system 12:30 Carson Benge, Jonathan Santucci, and the 2024 draft class 15:10 The goals for the Mets minor league system overall 16:35 Goodbye to Andy Green 16:45 Top prospect Drew Gilbert joins the show 16:55 What was the offseason like? 17:35 Recovering from injury, missing most of 2024 18:05 Experience in the Arizona Fall League with Jett Williams 18:40 Going to Amazin’ Day, looking forward to a future at Citi Field 19:20 Having former college teammate Blade Tidwell in the Mets organization 20:05 Learning from Juan Soto, Brandon Nimmo, and other veterans 20:45 Goals for the 2025 season, thinking of a big league call up? 21:35 Goodbye to Drew Gilbert 22:00 Mailbag – if Pete Alonso leaves next year, who will get the Mets franchise HR record, Soto or Lindor? 22:55 Mailbag – changing the current conventions of pitching? 25:55 Mailbag – what impact did the qualifying offer have on Pete Alonso’s free agency? 28:15 Mailbag – does Pete Alonso ever get a long-term contract with the Mets, or anyone?

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody?
0:08.7	Welcome to the MetsPod, presented by Tri-State Cadillac.
0:11.5	Visit your Tri-State Cadillac dealer today.
0:13.5	Joe, we've had so much fun down here in Port St. Lucie.
0:15.9	So I'd just stick around and do another show.
0:17.8	There's just so much going on around here.
0:19.5	And, of course, you can subscribe to the Mets Pot at Apple Podcasts.
0:22.5	Spotify.
0:22.9	Watch every episode on SMY's YouTube channel.
0:25.3	If you leave us a review, leave us a question with that review for our mailbag as well.
0:29.4	And like we said, Joe, a lot going on.
0:31.4	We've got to do a couple cool interviews. the first one, somebody that you and I have been looking forward to talking to since he got hired by the Mets.
0:38.8	Listen to our interview with Mets Senior Vice President of Player Development, Andy Green.
0:43.5	We do down on a farm every week, Connor, and Andy Green is the one that is over that whole thing.
0:48.1	He lives down on the farm, and he is over that whole thing.
0:50.7	So check out that interview here.
0:52.2	All right, we are now joined by Senior Vice president of Mets player development Andy Green Andy thanks so much for the time
0:58.0	yeah it's great to be with you guys yeah really happy to talk to you man and we wanted to
1:01.6	start things off with a real simple one you know you're a former big leaguer and now
1:05.6	you're in charge of the development of guys that hope to be big leaguers how does
1:09.1	that help you in your job in relating to these guys?
1:12.1	Yeah, I think it gives perspective what it takes on a human level from a competitor standpoint
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