Yankees Escape & Mets Spiral: Chaos, Comebacks, and Concern

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

As the New York Mets continue to unravel, the contrast across town couldn’t be sharper. While one team looks lifeless and directionless, the New York Yankees are finding ways to win even when things go wrong. The conversation shifts from pure frustration to a broader look at mentality, execution, and what separates good teams from collapsing ones. Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber react to a wild Yankees comeback, debating the true turning point and what it says about resilience versus luck. They also continue to dissect the Mets’ ongoing issues, from bullpen meltdowns to lack of clutch hitting, while questioning leadership, focus, and accountability across the roster. The result is a sharp contrast between two teams heading in completely different directions.

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0:00.0	Tiki Barber's prediction on this series with the Mets and Dodgers, how would it unfold?
0:05.6	Here we go.
0:06.4	Let's make a prediction right now.
0:07.6	Short-term, long-term, 111 on Monday, April 13th.
0:10.4	How does this series between the Mets and the Dodgers play out?
0:13.2	Tiki Barber.
0:13.8	They lose game 1, 7 to 2.
0:17.3	They lose game 2, 5-1, and then they win game three.
0:24.9	Okay.
0:25.4	Three to two.
0:26.8	So the Mets have a seven game losing streak, but then beat O'Tonnie to at least salvage the finale,
0:32.2	but they lose two out of three to the L.A. Dodgers.
0:34.9	Well, I got to give Tiki credit, even though he was wrong about the Mets winning a game, he had the Mets getting outscored 14 to 6 in this series. The Mets got outscored 14 to 3. I get him too much credit. You gave out, you were way too much credit. All right, here I go. John Morash. They win tonight. Peterson pitches great. They lose the next two and get blown out. Okay. So same thing in terms of the Mets lose two out of three. They just win the first. They lose the next two. Yep. So you're both wrong. You gave the Mets way too much credit by even winning a game. Unfortunately, I think I remember what I said. All right. I think the Mets are going to win two out of three. I think they're going to win tonight. I think they'll win game two with McLean.
1:12.4	And then I think what will be disappointing is they'll blow game three.
1:15.7	Okay.
1:15.9	They'll have a chance to get a sweep.
1:18.1	They won't get it.
1:19.1	I'll be pissed.
1:19.9	And Tiki will be like, but you took two out of three.
1:21.8	You were right.
1:22.5	You should be happy.
1:23.7	Yeah, I should be happy. What delusional bums we all were. Because even you and you, Sean, you guys were, you had us winning a game, which would change, I think, the view, just a slight bit as opposed to now where they're in the midst of an eight-game losing streak, the worst start of a season they've gotten off to since 2011. And it's just, it's a disaster. Yeah, I went through that last night. What? That's the other thing I did while breaking down the MEP payroll. I wanted to see through 19 games because I couldn't trust AI. They couldn't do it. So I did it myself. I went through baseball reference. Their worst record through 19 games. And I had to go all the way back to 2011 and the Mets have had some
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