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Thank you. Now, buddy, your host, John. Newman. All right. Hey, everybody.
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It's John Newman. It's time for From Syracuse to the show.
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It's been a few weeks since we published an episode.
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So we're going to cover a little ground, but not,
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you know, it's not going to be a long episode.
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I've been traveling, playing some ball myself. I play competitive
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men's softball, so. Couldn't get an episode out as promptly
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as I wanted to, but it gives us more to
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talk about when that happens. So let's start with the
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Syracuse Mets. Their season is complete. They had a great
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second half, 43-31 in the second half. They just missed
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making the playoffs. They finished a game and a half
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behind rival Rochester. Their overall record for the season was 81-68.
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It's the first time that Syracuse has won 80 games
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since becoming the Mets affiliate. So kudos to team and staff.
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And in their last 40 games, they went 29 and 11.
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Made a real run at it. Again, almost got there.
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I want to give credit to this team, too. I
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know they fell just short of the playoffs. But, you know,
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Dick Scott got diagnosed with cancer. So he missed some time.
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And Syracuse and the big club, they were sending guys
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up and down constantly. And it almost felt like every
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day there was a new press release, who's going up,
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who's coming down. So for this team to do and
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fare as well as they did with all those mitigating circumstances,
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that's very impressive. So congrats to the team. I know
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postseason obviously is a goal, but Considering everything I just mentioned,
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I had an incredible year. And, you know, it was
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fun getting to cover him here. I'm in Syracuse. And
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I have a press pass. So, enjoyed watching him play.
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A lot of nice young players. Jefferson Rojas, you know,
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he might be called up here, you know, next year.
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Or he might make the team out of spring training.
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That was a huge thing. I'm going to say it
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right now, it looks like a steal from the Cubs
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for what they gave up with Holmes and Tyrone Taylor.
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So I'll take that trade every day. So there's some
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young nucleus for the Mets still in the pipeline, and
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they added to that with some of those deadline deals.
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So let's move to the Mets, and there's some big news,
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a few big news nuggets here. Let's start with maybe this,
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you know, I don't know if it's a smaller news nugget,
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but congrats to Carson Bench. 2020, 20 home runs, 20
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steals in his rookie year. A pretty solid outfield. I
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know there was a couple gaps earlier in the season,
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but he's a great young player. Definitely one of my
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favorite dudes to watch. And I know a lot of
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people are calling for him to win rookie of the year.
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And unfortunately I don't think he's, that's going to happen. Um,
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South Stewart in Cincinnati is probably, uh, going to run
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away with it. Uh, South Stewart, uh, 32 home runs,
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115 ribbies. And he had 16 steals, uh, in his
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own right. Um, and that's, you know, the season's not
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over yet. So he could become a 2020 guy or
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a 30, 20 guy. Um, He just has much better numbers.
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As great as Carson's year was, Sal Stewart will win
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the Rookie of the Year award for the Reds. And
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the Reds are more in a playoff race than the
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Mets ever were as well. All right. Let's talk about
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the big news or what I consider the big news, right?
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Andy Green announced as the interim tag is leaving. They,
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they signed him to a three year deal for Mets manager.
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Embrace yourself here. You know, when this announcement was made,
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I had my feelings, which I will share here shortly,
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but I wanted to, you know, go on the message
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boards and the forums and see what Mets fans, other
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Mets fans thought as well. And, You know, just from
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scouring those message boards for some hours and those forums,
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you know, I would say it's probably 75% positive, which
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I was surprised. I thought it would be less. I
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knew there would be some positivity, but I thought it
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would be less. I fall in the 25% category. Before
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you crucify me, at least in your mind, let me
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explain maybe why, right? All right, so let's talk about
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Andy Green here before I get into the whys. First off,
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Andy Green was adamant that he had no interest in
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the job, was going back to the front office as
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soon as the season ended. And so now he does
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an about-face, and that always makes me nervous when a
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guy says one thing and then another thing's happened. I'm
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sure he got a nice payday, but I always question committal.
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right uh commitment he says he wasn't interested now he
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is you know um i think he appears to be
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more of a disciplinarian than mendoza carlos was so i
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like that aspect of it let's talk about speaking of
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mendoza uh let's talk about andy green's record since the
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mendoza firing and stepping in he's 39 and 40 one
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game at the time of this recording One game under. 500.
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Have they played better? Sure. Mendoza was 34-47, 13 games under. 500.
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But recently, the team has kind of started to lose
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again more proficiently. I'm just not a fan of locking
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into this guy. You know, the Mets are a proud franchise.
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I think they're going to be guys... out there that
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just have a better track record and maybe better managers
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than Andy Green. So what I'm wondering is what's going on, folks. And,
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you know, I don't know what you think. I think
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they made overtures to other guys, whether that's Alex Cora,
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you know, maybe Joe Girardi. I'd love to see Don
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Manningly if the Phillies don't retain him, which I don't
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know if they're going to. Don Manley, to me, is
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a better manager than Andy Green ever will be. I
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don't know if Manley already said something where he's not interested.
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You know, it just feels like they're settling for a
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layup instead of a slam dunk. And maybe that's because
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they've reached out to some guys and they said no,
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like Carlos Beltran did. So maybe they're getting shunned. Maybe,
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you know, the Mets managerial job is not as enticing
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as we think it is. I'm surprised by that. I
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know the season wasn't great, but you got players, right?
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You got arguably one of the best players in the game,
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Juan Soto. Nolan McLean is a solid starter for the
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most part. Carson Bench, a great young player. There's pieces
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in place to build upon. And then again, that minor
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league pipeline is kind of replenished to some extent. If
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I was a managerial candidate, I would take a serious
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look at the Mets. But maybe it appears like to
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outside Mets fans, Bill, right? It's not the job that
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we think it is. And maybe they've gotten spurred. Maybe
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some of the people they've reached out to to gauge
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interest said thanks, but no thanks. But to me, why?
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Why do an Andy Green hire? The year's not even
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over yet. They announced this during the season. It just
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feels like they... One of two things happened, right? One,
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other guys they wanted just said, no, thank you, right?
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Or two, they just... I don't know. They just settled.
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And maybe another bad decision, right? I know Cohen, Steve
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Cohen has said that He is bringing in some more
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people to the front office to assist David Stearns, but
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did again recommit his endorsement of David Stearns. I think David,
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to me, he's not getting fired. He's got to have
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only one more year. And if I'm David Stearns, do
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I believe that... Andy Green is the guy to save
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my job potentially? Apparently he thinks so. And I don't know.
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I don't know, folks. I'm very lukewarm. I'm worse than
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lukewarm on this decision I frankly I don't like it
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it feels like settling it feels like no one really
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wanted the gig and they almost had no choice that's
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what it feels like how a guy who says I
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haven't I'm doing this for the interim to get us
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to the end of the year and I'm going back
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to the front office and then he does an about
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face it just something doesn't smell right in Flushing whatever
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that is whether they offered or gauged interest and got nothing,
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no return interest back. And Andy Green was just who
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they had to settle for. You know, I don't know.
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I would love to know if it comes out later on,
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you know, what actually maybe was the case. But listen,
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I don't root against my own team. Andy Green's the manager,
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at least on paper for three years. You know, if
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you're going to ask me today, does Andy Green... Make
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it three years as Mets manager? No, I don't think so.
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And that's my point. I don't think you give him
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a three-year deal, and I don't think he's the kind
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of guy that's going to make it three years. And
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it's a little head-scratching to me. I know most of
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the fan base actually likes to hire. I don't. But
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I'm rooting for him because I'm a Mets fan, and
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I root for my team. I hope I'm wrong. You
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heard it here. I hope I'm dead wrong. on Andy Green.
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But right now he's sort of a 500 type manager.
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His first then as a manager in San Diego with
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the Padres wasn't salacious. It wasn't headline shattering. So it
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seems like we got like a tier three guy when
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there maybe was a tier two or even a tier
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one guy that we potentially could have got. Maybe I'm
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being sour grapes because I wanted Don Manley. back in
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new york uh not be in pinstripes but you know
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here's where we are so andy green uh you can
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take the interim tag off congrats to carson bench uh
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but unfortunately he will not win rookie of the year
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so that's going to wrap it up for this episode
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i hope to keep them less sporadic in the future
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and as we always close the show with let's go
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mets hey john you want to have a catch
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Thank you. Now, buddy, your host, John. Newman. All right. Hey, everybody.
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It's John Newman. It's time for From Syracuse to the show.
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It's been a few weeks since we published an episode.
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So we're going to cover a little ground, but not,
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you know, it's not going to be a long episode.
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I've been traveling, playing some ball myself. I play competitive
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men's softball, so. Couldn't get an episode out as promptly
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as I wanted to, but it gives us more to
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talk about when that happens. So let's start with the
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Syracuse Mets. Their season is complete. They had a great
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second half, 43-31 in the second half. They just missed
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making the playoffs. They finished a game and a half
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behind rival Rochester. Their overall record for the season was 81-68.
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It's the first time that Syracuse has won 80 games
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since becoming the Mets affiliate. So kudos to team and staff.
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And in their last 40 games, they went 29 and 11.
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Made a real run at it. Again, almost got there.
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I want to give credit to this team, too. I
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know they fell just short of the playoffs. But, you know,
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Dick Scott got diagnosed with cancer. So he missed some time.
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And Syracuse and the big club, they were sending guys
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up and down constantly. And it almost felt like every
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day there was a new press release, who's going up,
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who's coming down. So for this team to do and
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fare as well as they did with all those mitigating circumstances,
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that's very impressive. So congrats to the team. I know
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postseason obviously is a goal, but Considering everything I just mentioned,
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I had an incredible year. And, you know, it was
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fun getting to cover him here. I'm in Syracuse. And
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I have a press pass. So, enjoyed watching him play.
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A lot of nice young players. Jefferson Rojas, you know,
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he might be called up here, you know, next year.
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Or he might make the team out of spring training.
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That was a huge thing. I'm going to say it
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right now, it looks like a steal from the Cubs
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for what they gave up with Holmes and Tyrone Taylor.
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So I'll take that trade every day. So there's some
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young nucleus for the Mets still in the pipeline, and
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they added to that with some of those deadline deals.
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So let's move to the Mets, and there's some big news,
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a few big news nuggets here. Let's start with maybe this,
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you know, I don't know if it's a smaller news nugget,
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but congrats to Carson Bench. 2020, 20 home runs, 20
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steals in his rookie year. A pretty solid outfield. I
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know there was a couple gaps earlier in the season,
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but he's a great young player. Definitely one of my
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favorite dudes to watch. And I know a lot of
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people are calling for him to win rookie of the year.
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And unfortunately I don't think he's, that's going to happen. Um,
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South Stewart in Cincinnati is probably, uh, going to run
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away with it. Uh, South Stewart, uh, 32 home runs,
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115 ribbies. And he had 16 steals, uh, in his
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own right. Um, and that's, you know, the season's not
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over yet. So he could become a 2020 guy or
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a 30, 20 guy. Um, He just has much better numbers.
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As great as Carson's year was, Sal Stewart will win
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the Rookie of the Year award for the Reds. And
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the Reds are more in a playoff race than the
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Mets ever were as well. All right. Let's talk about
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the big news or what I consider the big news, right?
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Andy Green announced as the interim tag is leaving. They,
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they signed him to a three year deal for Mets manager.
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Embrace yourself here. You know, when this announcement was made,
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I had my feelings, which I will share here shortly,
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but I wanted to, you know, go on the message
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boards and the forums and see what Mets fans, other
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Mets fans thought as well. And, You know, just from
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scouring those message boards for some hours and those forums,
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you know, I would say it's probably 75% positive, which
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I was surprised. I thought it would be less. I
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knew there would be some positivity, but I thought it
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would be less. I fall in the 25% category. Before
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you crucify me, at least in your mind, let me
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explain maybe why, right? All right, so let's talk about
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Andy Green here before I get into the whys. First off,
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Andy Green was adamant that he had no interest in
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the job, was going back to the front office as
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soon as the season ended. And so now he does
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an about-face, and that always makes me nervous when a
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guy says one thing and then another thing's happened. I'm
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sure he got a nice payday, but I always question committal.
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right uh commitment he says he wasn't interested now he
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is you know um i think he appears to be
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more of a disciplinarian than mendoza carlos was so i
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like that aspect of it let's talk about speaking of
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mendoza uh let's talk about andy green's record since the
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mendoza firing and stepping in he's 39 and 40 one
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game at the time of this recording One game under. 500.
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Have they played better? Sure. Mendoza was 34-47, 13 games under. 500.
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But recently, the team has kind of started to lose
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again more proficiently. I'm just not a fan of locking
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into this guy. You know, the Mets are a proud franchise.
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I think they're going to be guys... out there that
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just have a better track record and maybe better managers
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than Andy Green. So what I'm wondering is what's going on, folks. And,
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you know, I don't know what you think. I think
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they made overtures to other guys, whether that's Alex Cora,
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you know, maybe Joe Girardi. I'd love to see Don
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Manningly if the Phillies don't retain him, which I don't
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know if they're going to. Don Manley, to me, is
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a better manager than Andy Green ever will be. I
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don't know if Manley already said something where he's not interested.
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You know, it just feels like they're settling for a
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layup instead of a slam dunk. And maybe that's because
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they've reached out to some guys and they said no,
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like Carlos Beltran did. So maybe they're getting shunned. Maybe,
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you know, the Mets managerial job is not as enticing
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as we think it is. I'm surprised by that. I
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know the season wasn't great, but you got players, right?
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You got arguably one of the best players in the game,
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Juan Soto. Nolan McLean is a solid starter for the
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most part. Carson Bench, a great young player. There's pieces
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in place to build upon. And then again, that minor
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league pipeline is kind of replenished to some extent. If
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I was a managerial candidate, I would take a serious
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look at the Mets. But maybe it appears like to
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outside Mets fans, Bill, right? It's not the job that
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we think it is. And maybe they've gotten spurred. Maybe
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some of the people they've reached out to to gauge
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interest said thanks, but no thanks. But to me, why?
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Why do an Andy Green hire? The year's not even
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over yet. They announced this during the season. It just
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feels like they... One of two things happened, right? One,
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other guys they wanted just said, no, thank you, right?
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Or two, they just... I don't know. They just settled.
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And maybe another bad decision, right? I know Cohen, Steve
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Cohen has said that He is bringing in some more
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people to the front office to assist David Stearns, but
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did again recommit his endorsement of David Stearns. I think David,
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to me, he's not getting fired. He's got to have
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only one more year. And if I'm David Stearns, do
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I believe that... Andy Green is the guy to save
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my job potentially? Apparently he thinks so. And I don't know.
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I don't know, folks. I'm very lukewarm. I'm worse than
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lukewarm on this decision I frankly I don't like it
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it feels like settling it feels like no one really
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wanted the gig and they almost had no choice that's
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what it feels like how a guy who says I
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haven't I'm doing this for the interim to get us
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to the end of the year and I'm going back
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to the front office and then he does an about
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face it just something doesn't smell right in Flushing whatever
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that is whether they offered or gauged interest and got nothing,
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no return interest back. And Andy Green was just who
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they had to settle for. You know, I don't know.
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I would love to know if it comes out later on,
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you know, what actually maybe was the case. But listen,
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I don't root against my own team. Andy Green's the manager,
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at least on paper for three years. You know, if
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you're going to ask me today, does Andy Green... Make
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it three years as Mets manager? No, I don't think so.
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And that's my point. I don't think you give him
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a three-year deal, and I don't think he's the kind
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of guy that's going to make it three years. And
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it's a little head-scratching to me. I know most of
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the fan base actually likes to hire. I don't. But
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I'm rooting for him because I'm a Mets fan, and
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I root for my team. I hope I'm wrong. You
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heard it here. I hope I'm dead wrong. on Andy Green.
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But right now he's sort of a 500 type manager.
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His first then as a manager in San Diego with
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the Padres wasn't salacious. It wasn't headline shattering. So it
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seems like we got like a tier three guy when
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there maybe was a tier two or even a tier
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one guy that we potentially could have got. Maybe I'm
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being sour grapes because I wanted Don Manley. back in
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new york uh not be in pinstripes but you know
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here's where we are so andy green uh you can
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take the interim tag off congrats to carson bench uh
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but unfortunately he will not win rookie of the year
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so that's going to wrap it up for this episode
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i hope to keep them less sporadic in the future
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and as we always close the show with let's go
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mets hey john you want to have a catch
