For All You Kids Out There
Episodes
Episode 458: "Roth Farmstead, Yorkville, NYC"
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 458 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss urban farming, New Jersey delis, New Jersey politics, New Jersey deli politi...
Episode 457: "The Flagship"
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 457 of For All You Kids Out There, we are more AEW-adjacent than Mets adjacent, although Rich Staff does join us to talk about DJ Stewart a...
Episode 456: "A weekend in Utah won't fix what's wrong with us"
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 456 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss MLB wardrobe malfunctions, Kodai Senga's shoulder malfunctions, and if the M...
Episode 455: "The everyday turned solitary, so we came to February"
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 455 of For All You Kids Out There, Thomas, Jarrett, and Jeffrey check in on the Mets DH situation, Pete Alonso's contract situation, and th...
Episode 454: "Pitchers and Catchers and Oscars"
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 454 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Grace discuss Billy Eppler's suspension, Blake Snell's continuing free agency, other...prosp...
Episode 453: "And it alternates whose turn it is, and if you lose you drink"
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 Baseball Prospectus Annual is available wherever fine books are sold. Always drink responsibly.
Episode 452: "An actual free agent signing"
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 452 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Adam Ottavino's return to the Mets, the otherwise quiet offseason, what Pete...
Episode 451: "Somebody do something (preferably Mets-adjacent)"
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 451 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the future of the Mets 2024 IFA class, the future of the Angels writ large, ...
Episode 450: "This is probably not gonna be a two hour show"
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Well, it wasn't quite a two-hour show, but you think after 450 of these we'd stop making predictions.
Episode 449: "Inbox Zero"
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 449 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett finally get around to all your Late December correspondence. Well, after talking abo...
Episode 448: "We will eventually catch up on correspondence, we promise"
01 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 448 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett chat about the Baseball Prospectus Mets Top Prospects for 90 minutes, then Thomas an...
Episode 447: "It begins to tell 'round midnight"
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 447 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett don not discuss the Mets prospect list. That's next week. There is not 15 minutes of...
Episode 446: "We Evaluated Yamamoto"
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 446 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett cover This Week in New York Quarterbacks, take a deeper dive on Yoshinobu Yamamoto a...
Episode 445: "Not Even Mets-Adjacent News"
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 445 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett briefly discuss the Michael Tonkin and Jorge Lopez signings before diving into the n...
Episode 444: "A December to Remember"
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 444 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss six new Mets, check in on the state of the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, and an...
Episode 443: "Look in my eyes, what do you see: A very slow New York news week"
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 443 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett re-litigate the 2019 Tigers Prospect List, discuss the Steve Cohen New York Magazine...
Episode 442: "Admin and Pro Wrestling"
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 442 of For All You Kids Out There Jeffrey, Jarret, Thomas, and Jonathan (at varying times) discuss new Mets employees, the same Mets employ...
Episode 441: "New Jersey Excellence"
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 441, Jeffrey and Jarrett are joined by David Roth to discuss chicken cutlets, New York quarterbacks, which Sopranos character is most likel...
Episode 440: "Come on Feel the Illinoise"
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 440 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the new Mets manger, the former future Mets manager, the former future Mets ...
Episode 439: "Life on Mars"
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 439 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss This Week in Zach Wilson, Mets coaching and front office rumors, review some...
Episode 438: "Vaz Populi"
23 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 438 of For All You Kids Out There, Jarrett wants to talk about ALCS discourse, Jeffrey wants to talk about Javier Vaz, and we both talk abo...
Episode 437: "MGMT"
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 437 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Jets football ,what makes a good MLB manger nowadays, tricky evaluations, an...
Episode 436: "It's literally a 10-day IL"
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 436 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss another weird week in Mets Front Office machinations, chat a bit about the p...
Episode 435: "Always an Angel, Never a God"
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 435 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Billy Eppler's resignation and Pete Alonso's new agent.
Episode 434: "Well, that was another season of Mets baseball"
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 434, Jeffrey, Jarrett, and Rich Staff cover an old Mets manager, a new Mets POBO and all of the 2023 Mets, briefly.
Episode 433: "A podcast that could have been an e-mail"
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 433 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett have their preliminary Mets prospect list meeting. 40 minutes later we still don't h...
Episode 432: "More Mets chat than Jets chat, more Wyatt Langford than either"
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 432 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the two quarterbacks that live inside you, why Mets Twitter needs to read so...
Episode 431: "He got hired? Wow, I didn't know that. You're telling me now for the first time."
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 431 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss a shocking Jets win and a slightly less shocking Mets announcement.
Episode 430: "I feel bad for the Jets, but this is tremendous podcast content"
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 430 of For All You Kids Out There, Jarrett gives a Jets season prediction, quickly amends his Jets season prediction, then talks about why ...
Episode 429: "Tonight I'm gonna take that ride / Across the river to the Jersey side"
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 429 of For All You Kids Out There Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the best way to exit Giants Stadium, take stock of where Druw Jones is, and d...
Episode 428: "Must be talking to an Angel"
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 428 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Shohei Ohtani's trip to Citi Field (and UCL tear) and Pete Alonso trade rumo...
Episode 427: "Smack barm, pey Met"
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 427 of For All You Kids Out There, Jarrett is back from England (London not Wigan) and despite Jeffrey's attempts to just do another corres...
Episode 426: "Never mind the bollocks, here's the podcast"
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 426 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett have a slightly shorter correspondence show.
Episode 425: "Will you be a nihilist with me? If nothin' matters, man, that's a relief"
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 425 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett answer your questions, which unsurprisingly are mostly not about the 2023 team. Perh...
Epsiode 424: "When you get caught between the moon and New York City"
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 424 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett wrap up the Mets trade deadline and encourage you not to watch the rest of the seaso...
Episode 423: "Nah, nah it’s resting, look"
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 423 of For All You Kids, Jeffrey is back from Scottsdale and Jarrett actually remembers how the Marco Vargas offseason list process went. T...
Episode 422: "Prefab Sproat"
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 422 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett dive in deeper on the 2023 Mets draft, look back at the 2018 Mets draft (Jarrett is ...
Episode 421: "You down with IVB?"
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 421 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett take a brief break from Midseason 50 work to recap the first two days of the Mets 20...
Episode 420: "Nathan For You"
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 420 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett read off some more b-ref drafts, answer some more correspondence, and then talk wres...
Episode 419: #RIP2023Mets
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Note to selves: Go back to recording on Sunday evening.
Episode 418: "I feel bad for the Mets, but this is tremendous content"
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 418 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett try and determine if psychadelics would improve the 2023 Mets experience. Then we re...
Episode 417: "The definition of insanity is doing the same Mets podcast over and over and expecting different results"
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 417 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Paul Skenes, Leody Taveras, and other Mets-adjacent topics. Also, sigh, the ...
Episode 416: "You'll ask, 'Why?', and there will be no answer"
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 416 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett talk about the 2023 New York Mets...agains our better judgement.
Episode 415: "You win half of them, you lose half of them"
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 415 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Baby Mets, the bullpen woes, and everything else that was on your mind t...
Episode 414: "Draft and Follow"
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 414 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett check in on Francisco Álvarez comps, read out a lot of drafts of baseball-reference...
Episode 413: "Lasagna and a liter of vodka"
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 413 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey, Jarrett and David Roth discuss lasagna, mets hitting development, thrifting, and notable New Je...
Episode 412: “The Francisco Álvarez Power Hour”
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 412 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Francisco Álvarez...a lot. Also Nationals prospects again. Oh the Mets went...
Episode 411: "Somehow a Two-Hour Show, Bam-a-Lam"
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 411 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett would like to remind you that there is a direct correlation between podcast length a...
Episode 410: "Panic City of stars, are you shining just for me?"
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 410 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett start with a sad farewell to DEAN~! Rasmussen of the DVDVR website where we spent a ...
Episode 409: "Won the third base job, Bam-a-Lam"
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 409 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett get uh far a field on the recent Mets homestand. Buck's managin'? Not so good. Baty ...
Episode 408: "Needlessly antagonistic"
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 408 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Jets new quarterback, the Mets scuffling rotation, and everything that a...
Episode 407: "Whoa Brett Baty, Bam-a-Lam"
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 407 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett speed run Brett Baty's call up, tactical errors, the Eras tour, This Week in Ronny M...
Episode 406: "(Panic) City Life"
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 406 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett consider the arc of Seth Lugo, bring back the Panic City Meter, and discuss This Wee...
Episode 405: "Developmental Goals"
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 405 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss how to handle the catching situation in Queens for the next couple months.
Episode 404: "Error: Brett Baty not found"
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 404 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett chat very adjacently about the 3-1 Mets. Yeah, it's one of those shows.
Episode 403: "This will be our year, took a long time to come"
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 403 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey has prepared two drinks to sit through the inevitable Jarrett rant about the Brett Bats situatio...
Episode 402: "It's deep and I don't think it's playable"
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 402 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett take a trip back to the 1990s, then the 1890s, then eventually get to the 2023 Mets ...
Episode 401: "This just sucks"
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 401 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Edwin Díaz's knee injury, the WBC, and the Mets bullpen.
Episode 400: "Wage wars, get rich, die handsome"
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 400 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett are joined by David Roth to chat about movies he didn't watch on a bus, the Jets QB ...
Episode 399: "Per last week's podcast"
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 399 of For All You Kids Out There, well we forgot to include the catchers in the infield preview last week, and that was the position group...
Episode 398: "Padres Infield Preview"
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 398 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett are joined by Thomas Henderson to discuss the 2023 Mets infield. Not the Padres infi...
Episode 397: "Cronk is the drink"
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 397 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett finally manage to do a regular show. Well, there's a long WBC aside, a less than str...
Episode 396: "The Spin Rate Cinematic Universe"
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 396 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Super Bowl, the historical difficulty curve in sports, and answer your c...
Episode 395: "How Many Days Until Pitchers and Catchers?"
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 395 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett chat about Beltran returning to the Mets (again), elbow woes for pitchers, weird twe...
Episode 394: "Pints of Guinness Make You Strong"
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 2023 Baseball Prospectus Annual is available wherever fine books are sold. Always drink responsibly.
Episode 393: "We want the one you call McNeil"
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 393 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Jeff McNeil extension and then Jeffrey rambles occasionally coherently a...
Episode 392: "Jordan Walker'd right into that one"
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 392 of For All You Kids Out There, after a stint on the Covid-IL, Jeffrey and Jarrett are back to talk about the Mets arbitration agreement...
Episode 391: "The unfortunate fourth (well, fifth) Carlos Correa podcast"
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 391 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Carlos Correa deal falling apart in a Frankenstein's monster of a podcas...
Episode 390: "Unintentional Holiday Break"
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 390 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett go back over the last two weeks of Mets news, which is not really news, and we don't...
Episode 389: "Carson Correa"
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 389 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey gets to use that song after all, and Jarrett needs to keep his phone ringer on.
Episode 388: "Utah-pia Bagels"
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 388 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Mets almost signing Carlos Correa, actually signing Omar Narvaez, and if...
Episode 387: "In my dreams, I have a plan, if I got me a wealthy man"
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 387 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Kodai Senga signing and clean out the inbox of your correspondence. Ther...
Episode 386: "Let's Go Brandon"
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 386 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett chat about the Brandon Nimmo contract, the David Robertson contract, and Jake Mangum...
Episode 385: "The Only Rule (5) Is They Have To Stick"
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 385 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Jose Quintana signing and review the Rule 5 draft.
Episode 384: "Go forth, fourth starter"
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 384 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett cover a quiet day for the Mets and a busy day for the Phillies.
Episode 383: "Verlander. Je verlande, tu verlandes, il verlande, nous verlandons, vous verlandez, ils verlandent"
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 383 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett chat about the Verlander signing. More to come, no doubt.
Episode 382: "We're all scraping up any happiness we can find, officer"
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 382 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett chat about more deGrom to the Rangers fallout, instagram posts linking Verlander to ...
Episode 381: "And I am far from where we live, and I have not learned how to forgive"
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 381 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss what the Jacob deGrom signing means for the Rangers, the Mets, and the Blue ...
Episode 380: "Tryptophan Pod"
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 380 of For All You Kids Out There, it's a sleepy time for the offseason and our hosts. Hopefully there will be more next week.
Episode 379: "40-Man Mountain Rock"
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 379 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss collusion, the Mets 40-man shuffling and free agent rumors. Plus there's a r...
Episode 378: "That is a normal pair of pants, move on, find a new slant"
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 378 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett are joined by Rich Staff to discuss early offseason news, the reliever market, the M...
Episode 377: "Watch The Rockford Files, and call to see if Paul can score some weed"
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 377 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Edwin Díaz re-signing and what to make of the Houston Astros World Series w...
Episode 376: "There's a lot of things that can happen, all for the want of a nail"
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 376 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss a potential future POBO, a potential past Mets catcher, and Jarrett tries to...
Episode 375: "We went to the Philly Pizza Company and ordered some hot takes"
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 375 of For All You Kids Out There Jeffrey and Jarrett have very little Mets stuff to discuss. So why is this two hours? You know the answer...
Episode 374: "Jeffrey is in between therapists"
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 374 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett go through the entire 2022 Mets roster, discuss Billy Eppler's press conference (wit...
Episode 373: "Come harvest time we'll see the proof"
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 373 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the third game of the Wild Card series.
Episode 372: /extremely Disco Stu voice "If these trends continue..."
09 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 372 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Game 2 of the Wild Card series with the Padres which was slightly less of a ...
Episode 371: "Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies"
08 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 371 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett (and David Roth and Rich Staff we are not recapping this debacle alone) discuss Game...
Episode 370: "Brought to you by the number six"
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 370 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett preview the Wild Card Series against San Diego...after twenty minutes of Jeff McNeil...
Episode 369: "It's nice not to talk about the Mets"
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 369 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett talk to Andy Money about his film Tito.
Episode 368: "All's Well That Ends"
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 368 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Game 3 of the Mets/Braves series, because Jarrett only said he wouldn't podc...
Episode 367, pt. 2: "Mandatory Fun"
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of Episode 367 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss...well you watched the f**king game, didn't you?
Episode 367, pt. 1: "My reaction to this information"
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first part of Episode 367 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss game 1 of the Atlanta series, debate how bad the manageria...
Episode 366: "A Plea from a Host Named Jarrett"
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 366 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the Mets walkout win against the Marlins, peer out at the upcoming Atlanta s...
Episode 365: "A robust East Bay delegation"
25 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 365 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss the last week of Mets baseball and the difference between annoyance and anal...
Episode 364: "That guy's beatin' on the Phrenetic!"
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 364 of For All You Kids Out There, Jarrett rants about the Pirates, how we do prospect lists, (recapping his NPL first-year player draft to...
Episode 363: "Oh Atlanta, I hear you callin'"
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 363 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett would like to remind you that the Mets are on a 102-win pace. They are probably fine...
Episode 362: "You still do improv?"
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Yo! Listen! In Episode 362 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett review one of the most eventful nights in wrestling history. That's it, ...
Episode 361: "Marlins will (not) score"
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 361 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Utah Jazz basketball, the Marlins offensive woes, and a weird week of Mets b...
Episode 360: "Cause we are...MONSTER FOODIES!"
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 360 of For All You Kids Out There, Jeffrey and Jarrett discuss Old Timer's Day, Mark Canha's recent offensive surge, the Mets pitching situ...