REPORT: Mets Clubhouse “Drama” DEBUNKED, Senga’s Plea To STAY, Imai NEWS, Ragans TRADE Talk

REPORT: Mets Clubhouse “Drama” DEBUNKED, Senga’s Plea To STAY, Imai NEWS, Ragans TRADE Talk

How we doing everybody? It’s Wardy here and as you guys can see, we’re back at it breaking down all the latest news and rums in Mets land. And folks, we have a jam-packed discussion. That being November 30th, 2025 of this video dropping because you know that nonsensical report that came out over the past 48 hours on the Mets so-called clubhouse drama between Jeff McNeel and Francisco Lindor getting an argument again as if it’s groundbreaking news or Lindor and Sodto having a so-called chilly relationship in year one of Sodto being in Flushing, Queens. Well, what if I told you just 24 hours after the fact of that report, not only has contradicting reporting come out from another person of credibility in this Mets media space, but so much so that it gives us a great deep dive into what this clubhouse culture was really like for the Mets and Juan Sodto and his first year in Queens, including key quotes from yes, Sodto, Lindor, Marte, Mauricio, just to name a few. So, we’ll get into that as well as what is happening with Kodi Sanga. We know the Mets would love to trade Sanger this off seasonason, but he himself doesn’t want to go anywhere. Why exactly is that? And why does David Sterns in this Mets front office have the adamacy to part ways with their veteran right-hander? From there, we’ll get into another coveted Japanese arm. This time in Tatatoi, someone that unlike Sega, the Mets actually really want in the rotation for next season from everything that we know to this point. We’ll get into the latest news on Emi and his market and how there’s already apparently a big domino that has fallen among the teams that are looking to land him for 2026. We’ll also get into another coveted pitcher and Mr. Cole Reagan’s from the Kansas City Royals, a dominant southpaw coming off of an up and down season. We’ll get into Reagan and how he may very well be traded this off season, how the Mets could find themselves in the mix if they aren’t already. and we’ll also talk a bit on Ryan Hley not returning in the New York Mets as a surprise to absolutely nobody and all the other miscellaneous topics here in Mets land. Hit that like and subscribe button on your win. Thank you guys so much for the support. I greatly appreciate it. Let me know your initial thoughts, reactions, and analysis in the comments down below to everything that we have to break down in this one. Thank you so much for exactly that. Thank you for hearing from our amazing sponsor at Segeek that has you covered for all of your ticketing needs. Use my promo code warty10 for 10% off whatever you need in the ticketing space. Whether it’s NFL tickets, NHL tickets, NBA tickets, concerts, comedies, UFC, boxing, you name it, Seek has you covered. WY10 WY10 link down below for 10% off your next ticket purchase. Now folks, let’s go away from these Sanga highlights. We’ll come back to talk plenty on Sanga and let’s get into our first big report that I want to deep dive today. Now, this comes from Dja Thozar, who th for those who are unaware, Dja has been doing a very good job not only covering the Mets and the Yankees over the years, but also Major League Baseball as a whole. And talk about perfect timing. She says, and I quote, “In light of yesterday’s reporting, reposting this story from the end of the Mets season on Juan Sto and Francisco respecting each other and getting used to their different personalities.” So, you know how the previous report that we broke down was coming from an anonymous person in the Mets clubhouse that only had the following to say, which is that, oh yeah, Juan Sto isn’t a flashy player. He doesn’t care about the dress up the dress up the way that Lindor does. And that is supposed to dictate them having a chilly relationship and that that factor in the Mets lack of success this past season. Miss me with that nonsense, okay? It was ridiculous then, it’s ridiculous now. But it’s far more ridiculous once you deep dive this article and you see quotes from active Mets players themselves talking about the adjustment of having Juan Stoodto enter the fold. Now I’m going to just rattle off all these different quotes for you guys and then we’re going to give our initial reaction to it all. So let’s go ahead and do exactly that. If you guys would like to check out this article in its entirety, I will have it linked down below for you guys. But I’m going to just really again go off the riff and break down all these key quotes from respective players. So let’s get into this everybody. Let’s talk about it. So, it begins here with the following. I always want to help in any way I can. Sodto said last week at City Field, obviously leading to the Mets season ending at the time. Definitely, I’m not the guy that is going to be on you all the time, but definitely when you have a question or any thoughts that I can help with, I’ll be open to do it. So, that’s the kind of player that I am. So, color me shocked. Juan Sodto, who we notoriously knew entering this Mets clubhouse, is not an extroverted guy. is definitely someone who carries himself well, but is more focused on he himself than anyone else, which is why he’s on now the largest contract in North American sports history. You think he got that by being again this busy be as an extrovert that was doing everything in his power to deviate away from the focus of him on his game? Far from it. So, these quotes are very much in line with what we’ve known about Sodto. But again, for those who have not followed stood since he made his debut as a teenager there that we saw 2018 2019 range for the nationals and won a championship his first full season for the most part you might not be aware. So let me enlighten you a bit more here. So that is the one quote from Sodto and it continues on that we got we see here from Ronnie Mauricio a younger player in the Mets clubhouse especially for me a younger player we learn a lot from him. Ryan Murio said of Sodto just watching him every day how he works and how he plays every day I want to be like him. So, I spent a lot more time with him. Makes a lot of sense. Continued. As a teammate, we love him, says Edwin Diaz. He’s pushing everyone to be better because every time he’s doing such amazing things on the field as a player, you want to help him to win. Every time he hits a home run and take the lead as a pitcher, I’m fired up to get three outs to give uh pardon me to give the team a chance to win. Sodto, for his part, joined the Mets with the reputation that he keeps to himself. As we all know, he’s away from the rule world. Lindor said of Sodto’s personality earlier this month. It’s him, his family, his little group, and that’s it. And there’s nothing wrong with that, mind you. And I will continue to reiterate that. He comes in and out. He shares moments with us, but he said it multiple times. I’m quiet. I just want to come in when, do my thing. And that’s just who he is. He’s just in and out, in and out, in and out. And that’s perfectly fine. So again, we’re going to run with this nonsense that oh, they have a chilly relationship that oh, it’s a problem that oh, a factor in the Mets lack of success this past year. My god, we’re going to buy that. I got a bridge to sell you as well as we’re going to talk about this. Okay, look, at the end of the day, and I quote, not everyone needs to be this big personality. We all love him. We respect how he’s gone about it. He makes us better again. Lindor saying verbatim how much he not only appreciates Juan Stoodto but respects how he carries himself. And it doesn’t just stop there. We have more key quotes from Lindor that I’m going to share in a second. But regarding Sterling Marte, who mind you who famously said Marte is the captain of the team the p this past year? It was Juan Stoodto. And it’s paired because of the fact that a Janoto has been mentored and really brought under his wing by Marte since he made his major league debut in the late 2010s. That’s a fact. Secondly, this quote tells you everything you need to know about how they continue to build a great relationship this year. Regarding Sodto, “While most Mets players accepted Sodto’s reclusive personality, Marte didn’t.” And he says, and I quote, “He sometimes feels like he has to be separate from us,” Marte said. But no, I say he has to be closer. And from Sodto’s point of view, you can understand why he feels that way because that’s how he’s carried himself his entire career at this point. one and two, he’s in the first year of the largest contract in North North American sports history. That is a lot of pressure. Wait on your shoulders. If you think it isn’t, I too have a bridge to sell you again because even though a guy can make absurd amount of money, 100 plus million dollars in his first year with the Mets between his signing bonus and his 51 mil of average annual value. What is also true is that this is the first time in his career Juan Sto actually has the pressure on him as the big dollar man. Okay. It was different for him when he denied the $400 plus million dollar extension from the Nationals and that got Trey the Padres’s. He didn’t have any commitment to the Padres’s other than his contractual commitment at the time. Same thing with the Yankees. And yet, everyone made a fuss about, oh, why is Sodto the way that he is? But you have to understand for him, the focus was always to get the biggest contract he could possibly get and most comfortable setting he could possibly get. That happened with Steve Cohen and the New York Mets. And we all saw live in real time an adjustment period that STO had. Not just entering the Mets organization, but now entering the fold as being the guy, the guy that we expect to carry us nightly. When Juan Sto was a New York Yankee, Aaron Judge was still the guy. Just don’t include playoffs because we know those are apples and oranges. When you talk about the Padres’s, was Juan Sto still the guy? No. You had Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. right there who have already established themselves as pillars in that organization. The only time he was the guy is going back to his time in DC. But when he won a championship with them, he was far from just the guy because you had Anthony Renone when he was competent and not a schmuck. You had Trey Turner. You had of course back Sherer Strawber when he was healthy. You had a lot of pivotal pieces that led to the success then and that was something that Sodto learned from and absorbed. But naturally over time you can see how these perceptions have changed about him when entering different clubouses where his role has changed especially now as a New York Met. And as we get further here in these quotes, throughout the season, Marte encouraged younger players to go up to Sodo and pick his brain. He believed they may have been intimidated by Sodo or scared to talk to him, which again makes sense if you’re like a rookie just entering the fold as a New York Met and then you come to find out that Juan Sto’s on the team. Yeah, I’d probably be a little intimidated, too. I don’t think that’s a a rational reaction to have. But furthermore, Marte said the following. Some players are different. Nothing we can do with that, Marte said. But something I can do is talk to him. Tell him, “Come close with us. Jog with us. Bring more energy or emotion.” I tell him, “I want to see you smiling more.” It’s something that maybe you feel pressure, but something you can take away by talking to us, laughing with us. I want to see that. But no rush, no rush. When you feel like you can do it, you can do it. You do it. And mind you, so is a way to heavily advocate for Marta to return and recent quotes that we saw this off season for next season. And I’d imagine that this is a helping hand as a to why Mart is the guy that will smack ST on the back of the head, bump him in the arm to kind of keep him loose, to keep him knowing that, hey, you know, we’re all part of this together. Let’s have fun together. And that’s why we saw Sodto again messing with him big time in spring training in the cart that continued throughout the year. So there is something to be said about Marte’s own value in the organization from a clubhouse perspective beyond just the performance. So if Martinee does return to the Mets this next year, even if he’s in a even more limited role coming off solely the bench, Juan Sodto without any doubt will be a key factor as to why he helped me big time and the transition the Mets. Sodto said he’s a guy who I’m talking to every day, teaching me and showing me the Mets way. So again, wasn’t Lindor, wasn’t anyone else, it was the unc of the group, the oldest of the group, and the wisest of the group, Stley Marte, that brought him under his wing, while everyone else was kind of intimidated or had respective opinions about him. That is what I love about Marte and what I’m learning more and more about him. From there, we see the following. He’s completely different than how I was. Lindor said, I try to hug too much and he has a good understanding of what he can hug and stay within that. He hasn’t changed once. He’s definitely ahead of where I was and he’s ahead of his age two, which we all know considering he won a championship literally like his first year and a half in the major leagues. It’s all he’s always been beyond his years. That’s why he’s kind of an anomaly of a player. That’s why he’s doing things that only guys like Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Mickey Man, just to name a few, have done over the past decades upon decades in Major League Baseball’s history. He is a special talent, which is what warranted the north of $800 million contract. Um, it’s my fourth different team in four years. So, I’ve been learning that things are going to happen organically. Sodto said, “I don’t have to push it. I don’t have to try it. For me, the talks are going to come whenever you sit down with your teammates, go out for dinners and stuff like that. We’ve been doing that already this year and getting to know each other a little bit more.” And again, it’s his first year with the Mets, but oh no, he misses Aaron Judge so much. You really think you schmuck Yankee fans that this man misses Aaron Judge so much? I promise you if Aaron Judge was at all deciding factor in Wano’s decision-making, he would be locked down as a New York Yankee for the next 15 years. Okay? Believe it or not, Yankees fans, Juan Sodto didn’t want you. He never even asked for you. As a matter of fact, he was forced to play with you. He didn’t willingly choose to be with you. He willingly chose to left you. So, miss me with the nonsense that you guys are going to go ahead and think in your little Dulu land that he wants to be there. He has continued to make it abundantly clear. He wants nothing to do with you, so deal with it. As we continue on, that’s really all he got. But like I said, it it will organically happen. He said, “You can’t try to make it happen.” It felt kind of forced initially at how the Mets were easy in initially. So, I really appreciate this article. Shame on me for not seeing it sooner as the season first ended. Shout out to Da who did a fantastic job getting these key quotes from players in the clubhouse and not just some who knows what talking about the Mets from a point of view where they can’t even state their name. Enough of that nonsense. This is what we call true reporting. Now from that everybody, now let’s get into our our next key topic because we got a lot of topics like I said that we got to break down today. Okay? And it’s not just that one. That was one of many. Let’s get into the next. This is going to be brief. I’m going to talk about this. The Mets lost a key fixture to their front office. And you guys are not going to love this news. It’s not the end of the world, but it’s not the best news either. And it’s the following. The Mets are losing Desmond McGawan, who was previously spearheading the Mets analytics department, not just for any aspect of the club, but specifically for the MLB draft. A fixture behind or a focal point rather behind the Carson Bench as well as many other great picks the Mets have made in the two years under David Sterns. Thus far, McGawan is leaving the Mets organization outright to be now the new director of amateur scouting for, yes, the Washington Nationals. This is a bummer, but this is what happens when the Mets already have a VP right now of scouting, which is Chris Gross. For those who are unaware, Chris Gross was the big hire that the Mets made when David Sterns first became president from the Houston Astros. A fantastic mind, a brilliant one, helped the Astros over a north of a decade spanner. So be the best team, number one in baseball and the players that they drafted getting to the major league level and actually having success there. For the Mets, they were bottom last in baseball throughout Chris Gross’s tenure in Houston. To show you guys the difference, that’s how important of a hire was. Chris Gross has been a huge part of the puzzle behind the Mets success in their draft the past two years, but so has Desmond. So Desmond is now going to be moving up in what is not a lateral move, but is clearly an upgraded move for him in the front office for a national team that obviously has a lot of different people running ship now are going in a different direction. So Desmond, thank you so much for everything you did for this Mets organization. I’m curious to see how the Mets replace him because again, he was important in the front office when evaluating the MLB draft. So I’m curious to see how the Mets go about that. All right, folks. As we continue on, let’s go on from talking about that to now getting into our next report here. What was our next report? Ryan Hley signs a $20 million contract across two years with a player option for yes, the Baltimore Orioles. Hley is going to go in to be now the next closer for the Orioles as they have dealt with ailments to their stud and Felix Batista and to a certain degree um Yanner Canó. And right away my initial reaction this was fantastic pickup for the Orioles. Love this for Helley. And it made more than enough sense. That’s why Helley was not returning to the Mets in the big market. And it’s not just because Helsley was tipping his pitches terribly his first month, month and a half in the organization, but it was a guy who was clearly rattled who cannot handle the pressure. So because of all these things that naturally had a lot of people, including myself, saying Helley just doesn’t make feasible sense to return. And truthfully, I will be surprised if Ryan Hley ever plays in a big market again as I think that little tasty out with the Mets is all he needed to know to say, you know what, maybe I don’t need to prioritize this right now. We’ll see if things change obviously, but Helley now goes to a Baltimore Royals club, a very small market organization, a team that’s stubborn in their spending, regardless of the fact that they now have an owner that actually would like to spend. They still have a schmuck and Mr. Elias at GM that doesn’t want to spend much. So, they settle with Ryan Hley to be their guy. And I assure you, Ryan Hley is more than likely going to have a dominant season next year. Small market with limited expectations. I say limited in the sense of you don’t know what to get on the Orioles. Okay, this was a team that should have went far this past year and absolutely got nowhere. This is a team that should be spending yet continues not to spend in areas that they should be. I don’t know what to make of Baltimore and it frustrates me as a casual fan of them from the American League point of view who loves their young studs and when healthy and when right. Adalie Rutman who fell off a cliff this year as we know. Gunnar Henderson who’s an absolute stud. I saw him hit a bomb in his rookie season in attendance against the Royals and I’ve been a huge fan of him ever since. You got Westber. You got the veterans and Ryan Mound Castle. You got a lot of pieces of the puzzle there. However, is it enough? I don’t know what to expect of Baltimore next season. I’m not surprised if you find yourself in that same exact category. Now, going on from Helsley, let’s get on to now next here and Mr. Tatsu Imi. And very rarely will you guys see me quote Buster only because when I think of credibility in the MLB space, Buster’s name is far from the first that comes to mind. However, what we do see here is as follows. The Giants have been repeatedly linked to Tatsui, the premier free agent pitcher from Japan. But a lot of their market pitching, pardon me, a lot of their pitching market in inquiries have been for more modest modestly priced arms. a strong indication they are chasing the highest pardon me the strong indication that they aren’t chasing the highest priced pitchers like Tatsu Emi. So Buster pretty much just made it known don’t expect the San Francisco to San Francisco Giants to sign Tatsu Emi until you find out breaking news Tatsu Emi is signing with the San Francisco Giants. Now, I will say this. Buster only is also the same man who famously came out with an article a couple years ago halfway through the Mets season stated how the Mets farm was in shambles. They had no immediate future when it came to their pitching development among other things when the Mets would go on for the remainder of that year and for the entire next season to have one of the best farms in baseball when evaluating their pitching staff. So, it’s just funny how, you know, on one hand, he may have things right here, but when it comes to the Mets, it’s it’s just Mets for clicks. I mean, literally, if the Mets had no success for the next decade, he’d be salving out the mouth cuz it means that he’d have constant hit pieces to tell you how bad and how ll Mets the Mets are. Buster only famously, you know, a Yankee brave lover and a Met hater because Mets fans always tell them how tell him rather how they feel. Now, all I really have to say in regards to Imi is if the Mets want Tatsu imi, like if they actually are going to put in a valiant effort to land this man, you have to trade Kodai Sena. Let’s just start there. And we’ll get into more on that in a second when we get to the quotes regarding Kodi Sing and him wanting to stay with the Mets, but I was on record over the past week and a half, two weeks now talking to the media and stating that not only does he want to beat the LA Dodgers, he has to beat the Dodgers, not be on the Dodgers, not join the bandwagon, but say, “F that noise. I want to beat them. And a good reason as to why Emani wants to beat them is because the team that he’s played with in the MPB has constantly fallen short to another top team in the MPB that has been their daddy over the years. I’m sure Emi kind of has a similar feeling to the Dodgers where why do I want to go ahead and just join the established group? I actually want to go ahead and win the right way and I respect that a lot from point of view. He also did state that he does not have the appetite to land with a team that already has a Japanese player, let alone a Japanese pitcher. His reasoning is more in line with the fact that he really wants to pave his own way and learn his own way and he doesn’t want it all to be dependent or relying on others, i.e. a Kodai Sena for example, to kind of relay the groundwork as to how things would work in the organization. He just wants to figure it out himself. He wants to pave his own path in his own way. I really respect that about Ian. Honestly, I want him more for that reason. And it’s not just that he touches 100 on the gun that he did for the first time this season. It’s not just that his walk rate has drastically improved yearbyear or the past five seasons to now roughly two and a half walks per nine to a roughly 10k per nine this past season in the MPB. It’s not just the fact that EMI has a really nice pitching arsenal where the fast ball the juryy’s still out a little bit as to how it’ll play at the MLB level, but the splitty the tight sinker especially against certain matchups. You’re looking at the slider among other pitches in his arsenal. There’s a lot to like there. a sub two year rate this past season, 163 innings. But why do I want Tatsu Tatsu Emai most? It’s because he appears to have the upside. As good as a Kodai Sa, not better. He’s much younger than SA from the time that Singa signed with the Mets. He’s entering his age 28 season. So even on a role where you sign say signed EMI to a five sixyear contract, you’re still going to get him at a very reasonable age. Whereas in the case of SA, the Mets did sign SA entering his age 30 season if I’m not mistaken. I could be off by a year, but I’m pretty sure there’s at least a couple year gap between the two from the time of I making his major league debut to when Sanga did back in 2023 where he dominated for the New York Mets. And we have talked extensively about Emi and the platform. So, I’m not going to go too longwinded here to tell you everything that you need to know about him, but the stats down there speak for themselves. He doesn’t have a qualifying offer attached to him, so you don’t have to give up any draft capital or assets. All you have to do is spend the big dollars. Eddie Mai right now is projected to get anywhere from a five to a seven-year contract in that range of anywhere from 130 to north of $200 million on a deal. Now, you say to yourself, Wardy, why would the Mets roll out that much money for an unproven pitcher? Well, not that’s the same circumstance because it isn’t. But the Mets threw $325 million at Yoshino Yamamoto before he took that contract and said, “Thank you very much, Dodgers. Please match this because I don’t want to be like Emi. I don’t want to pay my own way. I’m a wimp and I want to be on a shorefire guaranteed winner for my entire career in the Dodgers because that’s what suckers do. I say that half jokingly because I would have loved Yamamoto if he was on the Mets. But because he’s not, I think he’s the worst. And I say that as someone who’s just being spiteful that really wishes that he chose the New York Mets in the Yeti. However, that is kind of where the philosophy comes in hand with. Yes, there’s uncertainty and yes, he doesn’t have the upside that Yamamoto does, but he does have the upside to be a number two or number three in your rotation and someone who hopefully if everything really goes well, pardon me everybody will give you flashes of being an ace caliber pitcher. You know, SA’s given us those flashes, but the problem for Senas, Buddy just can’t stay healthy. So, we’re going to talk more on Cody Sena here in a second, though. We’ll get into Cole Reagan’s and much more here, everybody. So, let’s go ahead back to here and let’s break down the latest in Mets land separate from all those topics that we just hit on. And again, let me know all your thoughts in the comments down below on it all, everybody. And thank you kindly for doing exactly that. Now, scroll up here. We’ll come back to this. Again, shout out to my guy Jacob, who’s my amazing editor on socials and for some of our thumbnails. Had a nice little graphic here of the Ryan Hley signing on that two-year contract with that player option. This is the piece that we’re going to talk about now regarding code shadow salmon. Literally right before I was about to record this video, Will dropped this article. So, thank you for the timing, Will. It perfectly aligned with me because I would have been bummed if I record it and then bam, this came out right after the fact. Will Sammon of the Athletics states the following. Kai Sena, a popular starting pitcher in the trade market, recently for the Mets, said he preferred to stay with the club as opposed to getting dealt elsewhere. League sources said, however, he doesn’t hold sole control over such decisions, of course, as we know. So, why does Sanga want to stay with the New York, pardon me, New York Mets? You know, you could rightfully argue that listen, the Mets asked Sanga to be sent down towards the end of last season. He accepted that and still wasn’t called up before the season ended. Some players could be spiteful about that. Some players could say, “You know what? I think the ship has sailed in the organization. I just don’t want to be here. I need a fresh start elsewhere. I haven’t been healthy for two years. Not that they’ve been at fault, but it’s in the best interest of both of us if we part ways.” Sena feels the opposite. I’m sure a lot of this has to do with the fact of him being a Japanese player. Japanese players have a tendency from everything that I’ve learned and known to really carry themselves with pride. You know, they are ones who definitely do not want to end something without kind of writing a wrong. And for SA, he’s robbed the Mets the past two years because he has not been able to stay healthy on the field. And when he was on the field post injury this past year, he was horrendous. So for SA, this is about pride. This is about the adamacy that the New York Mets gave me a chance to hit the major leagues. I need to do right by them. I need to do right by the fans. And this is all in line with what Will Sammon states in his article, but you guys can of course check it out its entirety after you watch this. And shadowed well for always doing a great job on the beat covering the Mets. We just had him on our live stream a couple days ago that you guys can check out as we talked about a bunch of various Mets topics including some players they may find themselves targeting if they haven’t already. But the point here stands Kodai Singa being heavily shopped by David Sterns has little to do about Kodi Sena. you know how he feels about the organization as it has everything to do with how the Mets are fed up with Kod I think this is what it comes down to okay and I will say what a great look for the organization first and foremost let’s go down the laundry list there have been so many players in recent years even going back to Matt Scherzer and Justin Verlander and what was a wash 2023 season you think of the 2024 Mets Jose Glacius JD Martinez guys that would have loved to return Jesse Winker on his hands and he’s praying that he returns and he even though it meant nothing in the end. Shamaniah wanting to return. Severino wanted to return even though the Mets said no thank you. We’ll sell for Frankie Monttos because we’re that stupid. Um the list goes on and on. What have we seen a trend of over the past number of years since Steve Cohen became owner of the New York Mets. It has been an adamacy by the players the Mets have acquired that have been quality players. I will say cuz I do know that there are players that haven’t really performed as well in Flushing Queens that have been a bit more spiteful when they left the organization. But that goes in hand with the fact that they weren’t good here. So color be shocked. You’re not going to be too happy about how things fared for you. You know, again, common sense point stance. A lot of guys have not wanted to leave this organization, Mark included, when he was traded the Brewers a couple years ago. So the point I’m trying to make is the Mets have clearly done a very good job between not not just clubhouse culture to a degree but how well they take care of these players, how well they take care of their families and how much regardless of win, lose or draw, the players are adamant on returning. SA wants to return to do right by the fans, do right by the organization, but the Mets want little to do with him that we know this point and you can understand why. SA creates a larger problem for the Mets than the following. Not only has he not been able to stay healthy each of the past two seasons, which has severely hurted this Mets rotation, their potential success, but it’s also because of the fact that the Mets, in order for them to land, say, two quality starts this off seasonason instead of one, they have to make moves. They have to make rotation moves. And you look at Sha Maniah’s contract, still a couple years left. That’s not easy thing to deal, especially off the year they had. You look at a guy in Klay Holmes, the Mets still want to trade him. They liked what they saw from Klay for the most part this past season. You think of David Pearson has club control but the Mets aren’t just going to trade him for the sake of trading him and he himself doesn’t have as much value as SA. The point stands. Sanga is in this very unique position where he has ace caliber upside when the Mets are actively shopping for ace caliber pitchers, but his floor is so low that that is really what’s outweighing this. And the Mets much rather trade Kodai Singa while his value is still solid coming off of a year with just over three baseline. Even even though all the expected numbers and everything that we know about SA tells you how much of a jackal and hide season he had from pre to post injury, what we do know is that if you can maximize SA’s trade value in a year where Dylan CE is 4 and a half baseline array gets him seven years at $210 million with Toronto, you’d be foolish not to at least consider that if you’re the New York Mets. And that’s why they’re heavily shopping SA is by doing so that would not only open up a rotation spot for them, but would create a greater possibility where instead of just landing one true good starter this offseason, they can land two. If they don’t trade Singa, they more than likely can because they currently have eight pitchers under contract that’ll be competing for rotation spots to varying degrees next year. Let’s start with the youngsters. Nolan Mlan, Christian Scott, Jonah Ton. Uh we have NLA, Christian Scott, Jonah. Why am I blanking so bad? Brandon Sprro and then we start to get into more of the veterans. Klay Holmes, Shawn Maniah, Kodai Sa currently, David Pearson. There’s your eight right there. That doesn’t include Tyler Miguel without injury who, you know, the jury is still out as if he’s going to impact the organization again when he’s eventually healthy down the line. But in the case of SA again, the Mets are in this really unique position where they can maximize his trade value now. Now, SA can veto trades to 10 different teams. He does have a limited no trade clause, not a full one, it’s a limited one. So outside of 10 teams that you could say no to the jury still out for a lot of different teams that that can and likely do have interest in SA. Now when we spoke on SA in the past from the platform I told you that from what I know in the industry there are at least eight teams that were actively shopping for SA at the time. That was at least a week and a half ago I think right now. So we’ll see how things pick up or slow down with SA and his trade value. I respect him a lot for not wanting to leave. I really love the idea of a healthy Sena next year dominating as an ace caliber pitcher in this rotation. And when I see that nasty Ghost Fork beside me, it really pisses me off of the idea of him not being in Mets uniform. But then I remember, oh yeah, SA really has him in that guy for two years now. And listen, it’s because of fluke injuries. I understand. But that’s a liability for a Mets team that’s in a win now stage that needs roster room in the rotation and can maximize his trade value while also replacing him with a better pitcher with a better floor and a higher ceiling. You’re silly to not at least consider that if you’re the New York Mets. And that’s why they are down the route which is as follows. Listen Kodi, we thank you so much for all the support that you’ve done for this organization. Everything, all the highs and the lows. We appreciate you all nonetheless, but it’s in the best interest of us to try to shop and part ways with you. And to that I say I understand. I watch live time single looked like a not true major league caliber pitcher post injury this past season. And the issue that I have is that if the Mets buy in a Kai Singer for next season, what happens if he goes down with injury? It’s the same story again. Then you’re relying on the kids maybe a little too prematurely. Then you also are in a more desperate need to add. Listen, the Dodgers have four horsemen of aces in the rotation. Entire glass now. Yoshinoi Yamamoto. Let’s go down the list here. Show Otani. Pardon me everybody getting really coughed up right now. And Blake Snell. All ace cover pitchers. All guys have stepped up mightily in postseason play. Right. There isn’t a ch, pardon my French kid knows. There isn’t a chance in hell that the Mets will get to that point, let alone get over that behemoth, unless they start to orchestrate their organization in a similar manner, specifically their rotation. So, until we see the Mets have at least two quality aces in the rotation, there is a lot of question marks as to really how far this team can take them because in the end, even if everything goes right, it’s all sunshine and rain rainbows next year. Say the Mets add one ace and him and Mlan dominate all year long, but the rest of the rotation is kind of up and down in what you’re getting. Let’s go with that hypothetical for the Taibbe. What do you think is going to happen come October? You think the Dodgers are going to roll over? You think other top contending teams aren’t aren’t going to try to dominate? You think the Phillies might not try to come out, you know, like absolute man possessed and they really retool this offseason and are still a good contending club next year? The fact that the Miami Marlins have arguably the best rotation and the entire National League East right now tells you where the bets are missing the mark. They need to improve the floor and they have to maximize the ceiling. Neither of which they’re going to find themselves getting and Kodi Sena who simply cannot stay on the field. So if there is a world where SA doesn’t get traded, by God, he better stay healthy because if he doesn’t, he’s going to go from a fan favorite to everyone’s least favorite real fast if he hasn’t already. Let me know your thoughts about that in the comments down below everybody because again I see Sing’s point of view. I respect the hell of him for it. At the same time kind of too little too late right now. He’s saying that as he knows very well he’s being heavily shocked and the Mets are trying to do their best to part ways with him and maximize his value. It’s almost like there’s a reason for that. I think we should entrust what those reasons are considering we’ve all seen it with the eye test and the numbers over the past couple years. Now, to go on from Kodai saying everybody, we got one more topic I want to get into today and then we’re going to get out of here. And that one more topic is the following as you guys can see here in one second. And also, if you guys didn’t see this, New York Gaming Board set to award up to three casino licenses on Monday. And that will include the casinos that yes, Steve Con is trying to build right outside of City Field. So, for the people who have been pro casino, that have been pro everything Steve has been doing with his met Metropolitan Park, if you will, building around City Field, you guys are going to love this. But for those who are very anti-gambling, that do not like what they’re doing, you’re going to hate this. And there’s nothing you can do about it. So, these things are inevitably happening. And I did see someone jokingly said, “All right, the Mets have to be spending at least 500 million if Steve’s going to benefit from this casino and other things.” I don’t necessarily disagree. Listen, the more money that comes in for that for the man with 20 plus million dollars in net worth, I’d imagine that he might have a little bit more of an appetite to spend if things only get better from there. But maybe that just means spitballing and saying too much when I know very little. Let’s get into this here. All right, guys. Per Alex Spear Spire Potato Potato here on on X you guys can see and we’ll be a reporter. Kansas City isn’t hiding its willingness to deal a rotation member for an outfielder and no one is off limits. As we continue on, World’s general manager JJ Piccolo was quoted saying, “A lot of teams are looking for starting pitching. So, if we have what they may be interested in, and they have an outfielder that would be of interest, then there’s potentially the opportunity to make a deal.” They were asked if anyone was off limits, including left-handed Cole Reagan’s. I wouldn’t say off limits said Piccolo but reluctant to deal either vets Seth Lugo or Michael Waka there would have to be a really big return for one starter in particular that starter of course is Reagan’s spear spire potato said though the Royals would prefer a right-handed heading outfielder they won’t be tethered to the notion making their considerable interest and Red Sox outfielder Jiren Durant at the trade deadline notable so this is going in with a report that came out We’re at a Red Sox camp and that’s why there’s Cole Reagan’s in a Red Sox uniform there. Even though I hope it doesn’t happen. Now, I know you may say to yourself, Wardy, why are we even why are we even entertaining this? Why are we even having this discussion when Cole Reagan’s only will probably be dealt for a quality outfielder? And the reason for that is it’s never as certain as that. Okay, the Mets have more than enough assets to make a Cole Reagan trade happen. But what would be most appealing from the Royals point of view in a trade for an outfielder with the Mets right now? And I think one of those things would most certainly be the fact that the Mets have a Jeff McNeel who would be an upgrade over Jonathan India who has not been good for them and someone who could properly platoon from second to the corner outfield seamlessly for next season. Fits right in the budget of a Royals team that does not like to spend much and you don’t have any long-term commitment. Now, why would this make more sense than you saying to yourself right now, Wardy? I don’t know what you’re smoking be good. Pass it over here cuz you’re yapping just for the sake of yapping. Jeff McNeel for Cole Reagan’s never going to happen. I agree that itself will never happen. But this is where things get all the more interesting. If you pair Jeff McNeel with one of the more established Mets pitching prospects, and we know we have an abundance of them, maybe you have to do a little bit more there. Maybe you need to part ways with one of our fringe infielders that is not going to blossom here. Take your pick. We got an abundance of them. That’s where this starts to become more realistic. So why would the Royals trains if they can shook off multiple areas of need without too much long-term commitment nor heavy financial commitment and makes their team better right away? And the Mets have all the assets in the world to make that happen. Now, it’s just a matter of how much will the Royals have interest because as you guys see here, Reagan’s had a limited sample size this past year as he did deal with a rotator cuff injury and the jury is still out as to how he will look next season because of that injury in part. But as long as he’s healthy, that’s all we care about here. And give me one second so I can cough and not do it in the mic, everybody. Okay, so there’s a couple reasons as to why I would love Cole Reagan’s and a New York Mets uniform, but he just checks off every box. Let’s just start there. He’s entering his age 28 season, a dominant southpaw. That would be quite the difference from a David Pearson. He’s not a free agent until 2029. He’s making pennies, mind you. He’s not making much money at all right now. He was initially on a on a three-year extension or so of like 4.4 mil AE. like he’s making nothing. Like literally nothing. A 4.67 Ray this past season, but that doesn’t tell the story. 2.68 expected Ray, 1.18 whip, 2.5 fib, 2.5 SIA, 98 strikeouts, a 14.3 strikeouts per nine to a sub three walks per nine. The guy was jaw-droppingly good when he was out there and the reason for his lack of success that we saw this past season went in direct him because of his ailment and because of the fact that he didn’t necessarily have the best defensive configuration around him. The Royals left quite a bit to be desired at times whether it was aspects of their outfield or their infield this past season. Reagan’s who has club control who fits a short long-term bill is exactly the kind of starter that makes a lot of sense for the Mets because if you guys are hung up on oh that 4.67year six, sevenyear raise, nasty. I want nothing to do with them because again, we can’t look at the numbers that are more important than that. That’s fine. To each their own. My counter is, okay, want to play that game. Let’s go ahead and play that game. Let’s take a look at Cole Reagan throughout his entire career. And when Reagan was fully healthy in the 2024 season, what did Cole Reagan do? Oh yeah, he put up a dominant season. Color me shocked at 3.1 for year. We’re also looking at a 3.31 expected year. uh roughly 11k per nine or three walks per nine and the home run the home run rate was up this past season at just over one but again that went in hand with his ailment and not gain the amount of innings I typically gets in. Reagan has only pitched 186 innings in his career once. So I can understand fans that don’t love the idea to give a good investment in for a pitcher that doesn’t have the track record of innings to suggest that he’ll be able to do it consistently. And to all those fans I completely understand that argument in counter. I don’t think you’re necessarily wrong in feeling it in that way at all, but Reagan is someone who definitely would be a rock solid piece of this Mets rotation. I mean, the guy again is one of the more dominant southpaws in all baseball right now. And listen, the Mets, we don’t know what we’re getting in Sha Mania, nor do we know what we’re getting in David Pearson next season. And I know you don’t want to have too many lefties, but if you settled and say traded for a Cole Reagan’s type and then sign an Ace Calbert type like a Valdez or to a lesser degree EI or a Michael Kane, your rotation’s looking pretty darn good heading into next season. And I also like Chris Bubich for example, if I’m saying his name right, potato. But my concern with Bubich is again, he’s coming off of his first breakout year as a pitcher, as a starter. What is the expectation for him moving forward? So Bubich I don’t dislike at all, but Reagan has the higher upside. He’s a guy who I really think could dominate in flushing queens in this rotation. No doubt in my mind. And when we take a little bit more of a look at his arsenal and how he performed this past season in that 61 any limited sample size, you get the following. You get a pitcher who’s around league average and pitching run value, fast ball run value, uh, pardon me, breaking run value, well above league average and off speed run value, 96th in expected year rate, which tells you that again when he doesn’t have bad defense behind him, he was a dominant pitcher, one of the best in the American League, 97th and expected batting average. Teams had an expected battles rather well below well above league average in fastball velocity sitting 95 touching the high 90s on the gun. Average exit of velocity 73rd percentile, 68th in chase percentage, 95th in whiff percentage, 100th in k percentage. This guy strikes out pitchers as good as batters as good as TK school this past year. And that is not an exaggeration. That’s a fact. Walk percentage, 53rd percentile, 28th and barrel percentage. So he did get barreled a little bit, but he didn’t get hard hit, which is interesting. Still above league average there at 59th percentile. Well below below average in extension and ground ball percent. The way that he pitches doesn’t cause him much extension even with his 6’4 frame at around 200 lb and he doesn’t ground ball much cuz he’s not a ground ball pitcher. He has a forcing fast ball that he threw 15% of the time in past year 95 miles per hour. Change up at 19% of the arsenal at 84 slider at 14% of the arsenal 85 curveball at at 13% of the arsenal at 80 and cutter at 5% of the arsenal at 90. So a lot to like here with Cole Reagan. And then when you look at his 2024 campaign, just to show you guys what a normal fully healthy season looks like, 95th percentile in off speedrun value, 41st in breaking run value, 87th in fastball run value, 91st in pitching run value, and then you see all the statistics down here. Very similar. And when you look at the whiff and K rates, he was actually better in 2025, albeit that was better with, you know, over 100 innings less. So that’s key context to share. Point stance, Cole Reagan’s can he be had via trade? It appears that he can be at the right price in the eyes of the Royals. Should the Mets have enough to offer there or has that ship kind of sailed after trading someone like Nemo? I’m not entirely sure, but what I am sure of is that no stone is going un unturned for David Sterns and the New York Mets when looking to upgrade their rotation this offseason. They’re going to get creative. I don’t think it’s going to be as clearcut as just signing a guy or two. That being that even though if it happens, okay. I think the trade market is where the Mets may find more success than the Frraasier market. and the trade market. There’s a lot of guys out there, but how many of them are actually available? And that is where we have a little bit of a different discussion. So, Reagan’s entering his age 28 season, you can ink them down long-term even though you have him till 2029, so you don’t need to worry about that right away. A lot to like. He’ll come out a pretty penny, however. And would the trade cost justify adding this talent? All depends on exactly what you’re giving up. But Mets fans, let me know all your thoughts in the comments down below on the following topics that we broke down today. From want to lendor nonsense to being debunked to Kodi Sena to Tatsa Eai to Ryan Helley to Cole Reagan and everything else in Mets land. Thank you all so much for watching. Enjoy the rest of your nightday evening whenever you’re watching this. This is your guy Wardy signing out. Let’s go Mets, baby. Peace out, folks.

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