Hour 1 - Mets Snag Peralta, Yanks Keep Bellinger, Knicks Destroy Nets
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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.
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.
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.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:23
2
What changes did the Mets make to their rotation with Freddy Peralta?
2:23–3:39
3
How did the Yankees secure Cody Bellinger's return?
3:39–19:34
4
What impact does Bo Bichette have on the Mets' lineup?
19:34–20:45
5
What are the defensive strategies discussed for the Mets this season?
20:45–25:53
6
How are the Mets planning to build their minor league system?
25:53–42:55
Speakers
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