Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's the Boomer and Geo podcast from WFAN. And we're coming to you live from the Build Forward Tough Studio, Boomer Esiason, Greg Giannotti. It's Boomer and Geo on the fan, simulcasts across the country on CBS Sports Network and wherever you are on the free Odyssey app. Good Thursday morning baseball yesterday. Yes, positive baseball. Happy Mets fans. Happy Yankees fans.
Cody Bellinger stays with the New York Yankees signing a deal that I think both sides are happy with. And the Mets, I've been yelling about fix the rotation, get one of those guys, get someone you can trust, a veteran pitcher who's got a track record and put them at the top of the rotation.
That is the one thing that was left, and David Stearns did that, gave two prospects that we have heard of before.
in the deal in brandon sprote and jet williams but freddie peralta is an ace he pitches he's always out there had a fantastic year last year so i was just picturing all the mets fans that had canceled their season ticket plans sitting in their homes yesterday with their polar bear shirts calling back the ticket rep going out by the way uh never mind I'm back in. Good morning, Boomer.
How are you? Yeah, good morning, G. Yeah, good news for the Mets, for sure, and good news for the Yankee fans out there. I think we've been talking patience for the last two months, I feel like. And saying, let's wait until we get to spring training, until we see what the team looks like, and then we can decide whether or not we're just going to tar and feather David Stearns.
And David Stearns has had quite the week, as Steve Cohen said. Posted on X, and it feels like the team is really coming together. It feels like the team is whole.
There are going to be some obvious fan favorites that are not here, but I'm sure you're going to like some of these players that they're bringing in and the way that they play baseball and the whole idea behind what David Stearns has been trying to do. I think he's... It's funny.
He's been saying the same thing since he's got here, and he's talking about this whole defensive nature of the game and how important that is to the game, but you try to match a really good defensive player with a guy that's also offensively, he's going to be productive, and he's going to get key hits, and they're going to get key runs, and they're going to know how to play baseball, and they're not going to
you know, throw the ball all over the infield. You know, that's kind of like the idea of what he was trying to do.
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Chapter 2: What changes did the Mets make to their rotation with Freddy Peralta?
And then he also realized that they couldn't win with the core that they had here and that there was definitely 100%, we all know it, a problem in that locker room. So they had to fix it and... So this is, right now, I would say 98% of the team, if not more. I wouldn't be surprised if they had another reliever or something.
At the 40-man roster, they had to move some guys off of that roster to make room for these guys, and they ended up trading Brandon Sprote. which is okay. You know, the guy came up and he showed something last year, and then all of a sudden people took notice, and a team like Milwaukee knows that they can't sign Peralta next year when he becomes a free agent.
So the Mets get him this year for $8 million, which means that he fits right into, you know, whatever they're trying to do with the salaries. And it's a good thing. It's a good feeling to be a Met fan this morning because now I feel like our team is whole. Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly with that. I've been excited about most of these moves that they have made.
And I think that it's one thing to identify the problem. It's the other thing to do the right things to fix it. But as we sit here today, I agree with the moves that are to fix it. But then again, we also liked what they did at the trade deadline last year. And all of that ended up being a disaster. And sometimes you just don't know.
Chapter 3: How did the Yankees secure Cody Bellinger's return?
I mean, we never expected Helsley to come here and forget how to pitch. Well, I mean, think about this. They got a starting center fielder that they tried to acquire last year that he's an all-around baseball player. And I would imagine that when he goes to spring training this year and he steps on the fields down there at Port St. Lucie, that he is going to be feeling reinvigorated personally.
that he's actually on a team that's trying to win, as opposed to being with the White Sox and being a cellar dweller and having nobody come to the stadiums. And, you know, it was the White Sox were one of the doormats of Major League Baseball the last few years. So I would think he's going to be reinvigorated. I got to believe Marcus Simeon's going to love coming here and playing in New York.
I would think the same thing for Peralta starting, you know, I know he probably thinks of himself as an ace, but Nolan McClain is going to be right there with him. Well, let's hope. Yeah, I mean, Freddie Peralta's got a longer track record of being a top-of-the-rotation starter, but Nolan McClain showed, I mean, everything that you want.
So, yeah, I mean, I don't even care who is pitching opening day or who's one, who's two. Just both those guys be great. And then you're thinking, all right, now we don't need as much out of Kodai Senga. You know, before Freddie Peralta comes here, you're like, God, you need a really good year. It goes to number four or number five now.
Yeah, you drop him down, and you're not expecting as much, and maybe that's exactly what he needs. But, yeah, I mean, everything just feels so much better with Freddy Peralta at the top of that rotation. They have eight starters coming back, which is what you need. Basically, that's what you need. Maybe one of those guys goes into the bullpen for a long relief or something like that.
You never know. Tobias Myers is one of those guys, too. Right, and somebody can get hurt along the way. Somebody will get hurt along the way. That's just the nature of the sport. But they're going with a few older guys, which I don't mind on short-term deals. I think Bo Bichette, you can just tell by his energy and his personality that he's going to be great for this team. I don't know.
It's just it feels a hell of a lot better than it did three weeks ago. I can tell you that. We kept telling everybody just wait and wait and wait. It's not going to sit on and do nothing. And certainly they have remade this baseball team. They should be better defensively. Hopefully they're better and more clutch offensively.
And hopefully their pitching staff, a couple guys have bounced back seasons, and their pitching staff is going to be one of the better pitching staffs in Major League Baseball with the addition now of Freddie Peralta.
Yeah, one of the things that just disappears, one of the takes that has to disappear that no one can have anymore is one that was driving us crazy, which was the Steve Cohen only bought the Mets because he wanted a casino and David Stearns is a small market GM and he came here to pare down the payroll and make it easier for Steve Cohen to build Metropolitan Park. bullcrap.
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Chapter 4: What impact does Bo Bichette have on the Mets' lineup?
Someone who has matched pretty much every moment he's been introduced to. World Series, playoffs, things like that. So to play with one of the best players in baseball. And there's a few guys on this team, not just one. But, yeah, I'm just excited to see how these guys can make me better.
And so that was yesterday. And the Mets kind of stealing the thunder of the Yankees with the Peralta move because earlier in the day, the Yankees were having themselves an afternoon with the Cody Bellinger news, five years, $162 million to return to the Bronx. You're welcome. The Nets were exactly what you guys needed last night. Yeah, but we had a team meeting. Our team had a team meeting.
Well, they're getting ready to play this, as Josh Hart said. We didn't have a players-only meeting. I've decided we didn't have a players-only meeting. I don't know who said it, who did all that. We didn't have a players-only meeting. Well, somebody said it. We didn't say it. We were going off of what was reported. Yeah, which apparently was wrong. He did say that they talked.
Well, that's a meeting. That's a meeting. Guys talk all the time. It's not a meeting. I hear players like me.
Chapter 5: What are the defensive strategies discussed for the Mets this season?
They shut the door. They locked the door. And they yelled at one another to figure things out. There was no meeting. But they were talking to each other. You know what the meeting was? We got the Nets coming up. We're going to be fine. Come on, yeah. So I told Al, I woke up this morning. Got this minor league team coming in here. Come on, we can't lose this one. I thought I saw the final screen.
Your eyes are a little blurry when you wake up. I thought I saw 120 to 96. Okay. And I said, God, they got blown out again. And then when I woke up, I wanted to see the box score. I saw 120 to 66. I was unbelievable. Oh, my God. I mean, Nets couldn't hit anything. No, and the Knicks were hitting everything.
Up top, Zaire Williams, a three, no good. Rebounded by McBride. Left to right in the front court. Give it to Shamich. Straight on three. Buries it. And a timeout called by Jordy Fernandez. Just a minute and 17 seconds into the fourth quarter. The Knicks lead by 40.
I heard they were going to fire the coach after they lost to the Knicks. Or no, it was the other way around, right? Oh, Mike Brown was going to be fired after they lost to the Knicks? That was an Evan thing, wasn't it? It was an Evan thing. The Brooklyn Nets suck. Here was Brown. So they win by 54. Largest margin of victory in Knicks history. This was Brown.
I didn't know about the record really until it was mentioned here. But just seeing us play. the way we're capable of playing. And again, I don't know what the score will be every night, but the things that we did out on the floor, we've talked about, we've drilled, we've watched film on.
And it worked as they just clobbered them. Jalen Brunson had 20, but we played the clip of Landry Schammett with the three. All he did was go six for six for his 18 points. Here was Brunson on Schammett.
He's great on both sides of the ball. The things he does... He does great. So happy to have him back. Obviously healthy. That's the most important thing.
This is a team that's lost nine out of their last 12. Or, no, 8 out of their last 12.
You mean the Knicks?
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Chapter 6: How are the Mets planning to build their minor league system?
It seemed like that was a lie, what Terry Pagula was saying about Brandon Bean not wanting Keon Coleman. I've got to cut it all down. I'll give you all
that audio next i looked at brandon bean sitting there like he was mortified he should have been how about when he's i mean the owner's interrupting him as he's speaking cutting him off i mean it was mortified i'm like i'm saying wow and somehow he got elevated to president over this whole thing yeah i mean like and i'm telling you like i saw john gruden's reaction to this whole firing you know there there is like there are this is the problem with the nfl
You have these billionaire owners that create this atmosphere for people to ship each other in the back. Everybody's totally insecure. And, like, the giant coaches this year knew as soon as Brian Dibble gets fired, they're on the phone already thinking about their next job somewhere else. Yeah. Because that is kind of the, you know, that's what the atmosphere is like.
And this guy, I still am shocked over the whole thing. And now, if they go the wrong way with their head coach and don't bring somebody in there that can really connect with Josh Allen or who already has connected with Josh Allen, man, they are taking a really, really big gamble. Really big gamble. All right, so I'll bring you more of that next hour.
I hesitate to play this because sometimes I feel like it's made up, but there's so many people that sent it to me. I have to. Otherwise, I'll get hit over the head with it. Broncos Patriots on Sunday and your guy, Chris Russo, previewing the game with someone on his Sirius XM show.
But you have confidence in Peyton getting the most out of the quarterback in this ballgame here. Stick him in this game on Sunday afternoon against the Patriots.
What's your take with that game? Let me hear. Come on. Let me hear. It can't be real. It is. Stick him. It's 100% real. I mean, how could you not believe it? He's the one guy you'd believe saying that. I do, but this one seems so far out of left field. Stick him. The one Jackson Smith in Jigba was worse than this. Oh, no, no, this is easy. I mean, Jared Stidham is easy to say.
I could see seeing in Jigba, and how do you pronounce that? Jackson Smith in Jigba? I mean, come on. In Jigba? And that wasn't even the worst one. No, the other one was in Big B. Yeah. This one seems. Come on, man. I don't know. Stick them. I mean, that's his brain. I know. Yeah, I know. The Jetsaw Instructor. Oh, man. Anyway, so that game's at 3 o'clock on Sunday, 6.30.
You've got the Rams and the Seahawks. Sean McVay asked yesterday why the two games against Seattle for L.A. this year were so different. They went 1-1 in the two. There's a lot of reasons for either or. Matthew did a great job, really, I thought, in both games. And give them credit. It was unique where we just didn't have a lot of snaps off in that first game. But they are excellent defensively.
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