Boomer & Gio
Hour 3 - Is Kyle Tucker A Good Fit For Mets, Yanks Make A Move, Jerry's Been Active On X
14 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It's the Boomer and Geo podcast from WFAN. Hi, Boomer and Geo coming to you live. The Bill Ford Tough Studio on the fan and CBS Sports Network. Got a little tip yesterday that our buddy Phil Sims was on a plane traveling somewhere. I got that same tip, and I was supposed to be on that trip, but I wouldn't leave you. You were supposed to be on that trip? Yeah. To Jacksonville? Yes.
I had an opportunity to play TPC today. Oh. And Phil's going to go down there and play? Well, I don't think he's playing, but we were going down there together to do something together. Oh, okay. Because everybody likes us together. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But unfortunately, I couldn't make it because we have something today, this afternoon. That's right. Well, you have something today.
Well, you're going to be there with me. I'm going to be there, but it's all about you, as it should be. Yeah, but I'm just saying that it was just – A conflict. I couldn't make it. Oh, okay. So you got a text from the same person I got a text from? I did, yes. Oh, really? Okay. I just said, whatever you do, don't tell Phil Simms I said hi.
Oh, okay.
Don't do that. All right, yeah, I thought I had some information. I thought I had something good there. Meanwhile, you had even more information than I had. I could have played TPC today right now. Instead, I'm here with you. Well, that's good. But you're also getting honored a little bit later.
Yes.
So that's a good thing. Yes. That's really the reason why you're here. I mean, you would be taking a Wednesday off if you weren't getting honored, right? That's true. Well, no, not necessarily. I mean, I could have. I could have went down there. That would have been nice. But then you would have missed your whole thing. Oh, yeah. I know. I couldn't do it. Yeah.
Yeah.
Yes. What is it? What's going on down there? Is it some sort of celebrity pro-am thing? No, it's not a celebrity pro-am thing. It's a corporate outing. Oh, okay. Excuse me. All right. Very good. How do I get in on these corporate outings? Just keep hanging around with me, and I'll drag you along to a couple. And I have dragged you along to a few. Yeah, that is very true.
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Chapter 2: Is Kyle Tucker a good fit for the Mets?
Is he really just leaning on the younger guys? Eventually, these younger guys are going to have to be leaned on. Well, yeah, but I talked about having a guy like Frambois Valdez, a veteran that you can count on at the top of the rotation that's going to eat innings and you can trust, putting that guy to anchor this group. And they've done nothing to try to find that.
And last year, their biggest problem was what? Starting pitching. Yeah, and they've done nothing to address it. Well, I think that they think that they have a young group of pitchers that are going to be a big part of this thing moving forward. And they'll end up signing somebody or a couple guys, probably retreads, trying to get guys that can come in and give you some innings.
I mean, because we know that there's going to be eight or nine starters during the year. We know that. Yeah.
So, you know, this whole thing with this Kyle Tucker thing, I don't know if it's like the Yankees were going after Juan Soto and throwing the $700 million number out there, and the Mets ended up giving him $765 million in a suite, and that allowed the Yankees to kind of back out and say, well, we don't give suites out to players. Right. Okay, so we tried, but we really didn't try.
You know, that's, I mean, it makes me feel like that's what they're doing with Kyle Tucker. Like, they're trying to show you. And now, and by the way, it's leaked out. But if they lose out on Kyle Tucker, that makes the Dave and Sturds offseason look worse. I say, look, Kyle Tucker didn't want to come here. He wanted to go to Toronto. He wanted to go to L.A. We didn't want to go to six years.
We wanted to go to four years. So you've got to tell me it's four years, what, 160 to 170 million? 180 million?
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Chapter 3: What trade did the Yankees make with the Marlins?
Well, if it's $50 million a year, it's $200 million. Is it totally 50 or is it a little bit under that? Well, it says 50. The report was 50. That's John Heyman's report. Yeah. Could be 50. Yeah. It may not be 50. And when John was reached for comment, he said, Courtney, believe that it was $50 million a year for Kyle Tucker. So somebody's leaking to John Heyman. Yeah. That always happens.
You know? These guys are baseball insides. Who gains from the leak? I don't know. I don't think it's the Mets. I really don't. Because the Mets are in a situation now where I feel like if they get Kyle Tucker, everybody's going to be like, you gave him $50 million a year. You didn't play a bunch of games. Right. And then if they do, right? And they're going to compare it to Pete Alonso. Right.
And then if they do get him, it's going to, I mean, if they don't get him, it's going to be Steve Cohen's richest owner ever. Couldn't even beat the Blue Jays out. They're not even in America. My ass, all he wants to do is build a casino. He doesn't care about the Mets. Right. I mean, it's just lose-lose. So here's the thing. If you're Kyle Tucker, where do you want to go? That's the question.
The Dodgers.
Where does everybody want to go? Do you want to go into this quagmire that is the Mets right now as we sit here? No, I don't. Don't you want to go where you think you can win? You can win here. Yeah, but not under the current set of circumstances. I don't know about that. No, you could win here. There's just the Dodgers you know you're going to win. Here, you're not so sure. But you can.
I mean, I think everybody wants to go out, warm weather, going to win a championship, buy a house in Beverly Hills. For what? What do you mean for what? Because that's where you live. Yeah, until it burns down. What do you mean it burns down? Who's burning it down? They lost like 7,000 homes out there. In Beverly Hills? No, but right next to it, Palisades. All right. Well, I mean, geez.
No, I'm just – all I'm saying is that I can understand why you would want to go to play for the Dodgers 100%, but I also know if you're using the Mets as leverage, maybe this is what this is all about. Maybe they're using the Mets as leverage publicly at Kyle Tucker's camp. And if they're using the Mets as leverage, then here we go again. Another New York team being suckered.
Do you know that there is only one team in Major League Baseball that hasn't added a player to their roster that wasn't there the last year? Is that the Dodgers? No. You know it's not the Dodgers. They added Edwin Diaz. That's right. That's the Yankees. Yeah. One team in Major League Baseball that hasn't added a player from another organization. For what? They're sitting ready to pounce. On who?
On what? On Bellinger. Okay. But that wouldn't even count because they'd bring him back. Because that's bringing a guy back that doesn't count. No, it doesn't. Because they brought Grisham back. I know. Yeah, but when they brought Aaron Judge back, did that count? No.
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Chapter 4: What is the future of Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh?
Wow.
But the money will that he gets from the franchise. True, but I guess, yeah, that's a very good point.
I mean, I don't know.
I wonder if he's one of the owners. Has he sold a piece of the team yet? I don't think I've seen that. I don't know, but he did reference numerous times other, he didn't call them minority owners, but people in power with the team. Yes. I'm not sure. It's a good question. Speaking of being fired, the Eagles fired offensive coordinator Kevin Petullo.
The Chargers fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman. Matt Ryan was introduced in Atlanta as the president of football operations, and he makes one thing very clear as he goes back there. He wants a Super Bowl.
My mission since I was drafted has never changed. It is to help this organization do everything it can to be champions and to win championships. And There is a sense of unfinished business.
Yep, having come up short in that one. He says, guys, don't get this wrong. I am not playing anymore.
I'm not trying to call plays. I'm not trying to run your offense. I'm not trying to... I'm not trying to pull rivers and come back and play. I'm not doing any of those. You know, I think most importantly, I'm trying to get the right person in here in both of those positions.
As they're looking for a GM and head coach, and then he taped one of these things for social media, the message to the fan base now that he's taken over.
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