The Mets Pod Live on Winter Meetings Day 3: Steve Gelbs joins to talk Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, clubhouse chemistry and more

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

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On a live episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo are talking on Day 3 of the 2024 MLB Winter Meetings about the official announcement of the Juan Soto signing and everything that will come next for the Mets. SNY Mets Reporter Steve Gelbs joins the show from the meetings in Dallas to deliver insight on the Juan Soto deal, plus thoughts on starting pitching targets, where things stand with Pete Alonso, the chemistry in the Mets clubhouse, and the role that ownership has played in recruiting players to the organization. Later, Connor and Joe go Down on the Farm to examine the level of prospects needed to make a deal for a pitcher like Garrett Crochet, react to comments about the Mets’ spending strategy from agent Scott Boras, and answer live Mailbag questions about Wilmer Flores, bullpen options, the Rule 5 Draft, and free agent ideas for DH in 2025. 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, welcome to SNY’S Steve Gelbs from the Winter Meetings 01:00 More thoughts on Juan Soto choosing the Mets 03:05 How many more starters do the Mets need? 05:35 Where do things stand with Pete Alonso? 09:15 Balancing baseball business with clubhouse chemistry 12:15 Alex and Steve Cohen helping recruiting 15:00 Why weren’t the winter meetings busier? 17:10 Goodbye to Steve, more follow up on Pete Alonso 20:05 Down on the Farm: Prospects needed for Garrett Crochet 24:40 Vote for The Mets Pod for a Sports Podcast Award! 25:25 Scott Boras speaks about the Mets and money 28:15 Mailbag – Bring back Wilmer Flores? 30:15 Mailbag – High leverage bullpen arms 33:40 Mailbag – Rule 5 Draft, losing Mike Vasil and Nate Lavender 36:45 Mailbag – DH free agent options? 40:45 Juan Soto introductory news conference Thursday 12/12 on SNY! 41:50 Closing Thoughts

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? Welcome to the Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac. Visit your
0:12.3	Tri-State Cadillac dealer today. I'm your host, Connor Rogers, joined as always by my co-host,
0:16.8	Joe DeMayo and live from the winter meetings one last time. Yes, the encore is Steve Gelbs.
0:23.6	Who else? Gels, what's going on? How are we feeling day three? Is this survival mode right now?
0:28.8	Yeah, I'm ready to go. I'm ready to go. Especially when it started the way that it did.
0:35.1	You know, there was no, there was no slow build here. It just started at the apex and then nothing's really happened since. So it's time to go back.
0:43.7	And it's time to go back and go that preference. We're going right there tomorrow.
0:47.1	Yeah, I'm getting major like stuck in Vegas vibes right now when you've just had enough and you do anything to be back in your bed. But we appreciate you
0:54.2	giving us some time before you fly back for the press conference that we can't wait for to introduce
0:58.5	Juan Soto. Speaking of Juan Soto, Gelbs, what do you think it says about the state of the Mets organization
1:03.7	that he chose the Mets over other mega offers? I mean, I know they weren't equal at the end of the
1:08.5	day, but you've been around the Mets through wildly different eras now.
1:12.8	And this moment just felt so gigantic.
1:16.9	Yeah, you know, it's been used a couple of times this week.
1:19.8	And I know Stephen Alex Cohen used the word in their statement today when the deal got officially announced.
1:24.0	But it's a seminal moment in franchise history.
1:26.4	And it's a seminal moment in the history, and it's a seminal moment in the
1:28.0	history of New York baseball and the history of sports. And I think that, you know, aside from the
1:33.0	obvious fact of the Mets adding a generational talent, my biggest takeaway from this signing and from
1:39.6	this few days here in Dallas is how clearly the perception now of the Mets organization has done a
1:47.8	complete 180. You know, the offers, as you said, were not apples to apples. They weren't
1:54.5	exactly the same, but they were pretty darn close, especially between the Mets and the Yankees.
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