The Mets kids are alright, the rest of them not so much in a so-far sleepy September

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

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On the latest episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo take stock in the falling stock of the Mets as they struggle down the stretch. The guys check in on a rough road trip, which has seen good pitching from the young starters, but bad hitting and other issues leading to losses. The guys break down the Wild Card race, go Down on the Farm to talk about the minor league affiliates that are already in the playoffs, and answer Mailbag questions about the Mets’ chances in October, targeting Kyle Schwarber in the offseason, and future free agent pitching options from Japan. 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 00:55 The Week That Was…was absolutely awful 05:10 The kids are alright, others aren’t 08:00 We don’t know why this team goes to extremes 10:00 We are now sweating making the playoffs? 16:25 Down on the Farm: Playoffs? Playoffs! 19:05 The Scoreboard: Recapping last week 20:15 The Scoreboard: Making the next bets 29:30 The Mets Pod hat giveaway! 30:15 Mailbag: Will Mets make playoffs, can they do damage if so? 36:30 Mailbag: Targeting Kyle Schwarber in free agency to be DH? 42:25 Mailbag: Kodai Senga issues, and future pitching options in Japan

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mets pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac.
0:02.8	On today's show, an ugly two and five week for the Mets.
0:06.2	We recap what's gone wrong and what needs to change with just a few weeks remaining.
0:10.6	As always, we close out the show answering your mailbag questions.
0:14.1	So subscribe to the Mets pod at Apple Podcasts, Spotify.
0:17.3	You can watch every episode on SMY's YouTube channel or wherever you get your podcast.
0:25.6	What's up everybody? Welcome to the MetsPod presented by Tri-State Cadillac. Performance range style, three different ways to make every drive an occasion.
0:37.0	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, Bistick, 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, the week that was not the best.
0:56.2	Actually pretty close to one of the worst, it feels like when you think of everything on the
1:00.2	line right now for this team.
1:02.5	I will say before I toss to you and get some of your sad thoughts, we on the Mets pod,
1:08.4	we try our best to when times are down and these things are out of our control, you know, when the Mets are playing poorly. What's not out of our control is we can cheer up at least four Mets fans today because we will be giving away four of the Mets pod hats. We'll tell you how to win them later in the show. And you you haven't seen them yet, and some of you already have them.
1:28.1	If you were at our live show at City Field, if you stuck around until the end, that's what they look like. They're pretty sweet, pretty popular in my household, as I have acquired mine and you've acquired yours, Joe. But let's get into the nitty gritty here with this team right now. not their best baseball when all they have to really do, Joe,
1:46.4	in your famous phrase, Holt's surf. I mean, if you play 500 baseball right now with the lead they
1:51.5	had in the wild card with a couple of teams hovering around, notably San Francisco,
1:55.5	they'd be fine, but they're playing anything but 500 baseball right now, Joe.
2:00.8	It is very, very, very tough to watch this team play right now.
2:06.4	And I, at this point, you know, when we go through and we analyze this team throughout the summer,
2:13.3	there's always big picture thoughts and, you know, you still can get better or this was bad you need to
2:19.8	get better here we're at 17 games left i believe right 17 18 17 right around there yeah 17 18 18
2:28.0	18 games left there is there's no more any of that you need to just find ways to win baseball
2:33.3	games and the mets are simply not doing that right now.
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