REPORT: Mets To Sign Star Outfielder WITH Alonso AND Diaz? David Stearns Reveals All, Imai Update

REPORT: Mets To Sign Star Outfielder WITH Alonso AND Diaz? David Stearns Reveals All, Imai Update

How it doing folks? It’s Wardy here and as you guys can see, we’re back at it with our second jam-packed video of the day. That being November 24th, 2025. We’ve spoken a lot about the Brenon Nemo trade fallout. We not only live reacted to it yesterday, as many of you guys saw over 20,000 of you. So, thank you guys so much for the viewership there, but today we broke down around 9:00 a.m. Eastern our initial thoughts as to what is next for the Mets this off season and how big moves are inevitable. Whether that’s going all in on a Derek Scubble, going all in on a Kyle Tucker or to a certain degree a Cody Bellingham among others. We broke down all the possibilities and then some. And we’re going to continue that discussion tonight because David Stern spoke in the media, shared his input as to why the Brandon Nemo for Marcus Simeon trade happened. But we’re not going to focus solely on that as we’re going to focus heavily on the key little nuggets that Stern shared as to what is next for the Mets this off season on how not only the Mets may run it back with Pete Alonzo and Nu Diaz, but they may do that while still adding another star outfielder in the process. Buckle up, strap in, and get yourself ready for the ride, which is our latest wordian way breakdown. Everybody, this is not just Sterns’s glowing remarks that we’ll get into, but it’s also the continued pursuit of Edwin Diaz, Pete Alonzo, some of those coveted outfielders and both the Fian trade market. And yes, Tatso Ei, the most coveted pitcher coming over from Japan this off season. He’s very excited and getting set to hit the bigs for 2026. But one thing is certain, it will not, and I repeat, it will not be in a daughter uniform. Why exactly is that? Why is he my deviating from the rest of the entire country, Japan? it feels as players that obviously want to be an LA Dodger. What is separating EMI from the rest? Why are the New York Mets in solid standing to potentially land the coveted Japanese arm? That and much more is what we’re going to get into everybody. So, hit that like and subscribe button on your way in. Let me know your initial thoughts, reactions, and analysis in the comments down below to everything that we have to say. As always, shout out to our amazing sponsor at Segeek that has you covered for all of your ticketing needs. Whether you need it for NHL tickets, NFL tickets, concert shows, comedy shows, UFC tickets, or NBA tickets. If some of you guys hit Knicks versus Nets tonight, my Knicks won 113 to 100 against those Nets. I apologize to the Nets fans that got offended. I’m a Knicks fan. I don’t only bleed orange and blue for the Mets, believe it or not. So, I’m excited about that. And again, guys, you can get great deals for big games like that. All thanks to our awesome friends at Segeek. Just use my promo code warty10. That is WDY10 link down below for 10% off your next ticket purchase. And thank you so much in advance for exactly that. Now without further ado, everybody, we got a lot of remarks to get into. So let’s waste absolutely no time and get into what David Sterns had to say today. And we’ll also get into some key remarks from Brandon Nemo before we wrap up the show. His parting words leaving the Mets organization and how much the fan base meant to him. But we’ll get into that in the latter half of today’s segment. All right, folks. I’m going to play various clips from Sterns’ pressure today, and then we’re going to react to all of them because I watched the entire thing, but these are some of the nuggets that I think are important to take away. And apologies in advance if the audio levels are slightly off. That tends to happen at times when I play recording through SNY. They’re just not on the same wavelength, unfortunately. We’re also really excited to add Marcus Simeon to our organization. Marcus brings an elite level of defense. He’s one of the best defensive infielders in baseball and has been for a number of years. Um he’s a winner. Uh he brings a a winning drive and determination that we think is going to fit well in our clubhouse. And he balances our lineup from the right side, which is something we we were seeking to do. So very happy um to be able to bring Marcus in and beyond the the immediate player return part of this deal. We think this opens us opens up possibilities and flexibility for us going forward both from a near-term perspective and also allowing space for a number of very young outfielders who are coming um who are talented and will deserve spots at the major league level and and to play at the major league level and this transaction also um provides room for that to happen as we move forward. So, um the these are always tough decisions. Um this was not easy. Everyone here thinks very highly of Brandon. Uh but in order to create the type of sustainable championship caliber play that we seek to have here, at times these types of decisions are necessary. How much did you I guess wanting to change the clubhouse dynamics. Did that play a role into this trade at all? I don’t know if it’s necessarily wanting to change the clubhouse dynamics. I think it’s a recognition that um what we did last year wasn’t good enough and and running back the exact same group um wasn’t the right thing to do. And so as we went into this, we we believed and still believe that we have to be open to anything. Um that that we shouldn’t be in a spot to take anything off the table. And ultimately, if we’re able to put to put transactions together um that we think make sense for the team both now and in the future that we have to consider them regardless of of what names may be involved. and just given his age, it points to an obvious decline. Just what makes you believe that he can rebound offensively? Yeah, I I think there’s still some underlying aspects of what he does um that that are encouraging uh for us offensively. Um I I also think it’s notable that this is a player that could contribute to winning baseball in a variety of different ways. um and and the bat may not actually lead the way at this point in his career. Um we think there’s there’s likely some bounce back in his offensive profile and his offensive game. Uh but what we’re counting on uh uh at the top of his skill set is the contributions he can make for us defensively um how he can uh perform on the bases and we think those are going to help us win games. Semian is your first baseman, your closer are both, you know, officially free agents now. Have you had a chance to engage them uh in talks extensively in talks? Excuse me. How would you characterize those um negotiations or pursuits at this point with Alonzo and Diaz? As I’ve said before, we we we’d love to have Pete and Edwin back. They’re both great Mets. Um, I’m not going to get into any specifics of of any conversations that we’ve had to this point. Your uh your first David, if you wanted to resign Pete, resign Edwin ends, go out and get a topflight outfield acquisition, do you have the financial attitude to do that? I I think our our ownership group is and Steve is very consistent that they’re willing uh to support what we think is right from a baseball perspective. Um you know, payroll space is not unending, but I am also very confident that we’re going to have um the support we need and and certainly the resources we need um to put a very good team on the field. Is is what I just described a realistic strategy for you guys this off seasonason? Sure. Yeah, I I I think anything would be realistic right now. Okay, everybody, a lot to unpack there from David Stern’s press today. And first and foremost, I have to say I understand you usually take these things with a grain of salt from a fan point of view. You know, David’s going to go into this presser and give you pretty much clear-cut answers in the sense of nothing crazy, not much to really run with, and the last thing he’s going to do is show much of his actual cards for what he plans to do in the offseason. It’s not so much because of the fact that he doesn’t want people to know because he thinks that bad things will come of it, but rather the nature of the beast when looking at offseason as a president, as a GM, is you can’t show your cards or you lose leverage. You lose leverage in all aspects of negotiations. So, no one should be shocked that the Mets aren’t constantly going out of their way to answer in heavy depth when asked specific questions like about Kyle Tucker, Cody Bellinger, among others, even though the Mets are fully expected to be in send markets and they aren’t heavily in them already. Now, let’s start here going back to those remarks that we heard when evaluating Marcus Simeon because he did amplify. at Simeons’s value will not so much be at necessarily with the bat at this point in his career, which isn’t shocking when you look at his down 2025 season, but rather the defense and the professionalism. And something that I did not go out of my way to talk about that I most certainly should have talked about in my video that dropped earlier today, but it’s better late than never is the fact of there is something very important that Marcus Simeon brings to the table that I’m sure the Mets were adamant on replacing by losing NMO. And that was a clubhouse leader. Okay, NMO is deemed by many as a clubhouse leader in this organization. And Marcus Simeon is just one of a handful of official captains in all major league baseball. He had been the captain for the Texas Rangers. And not only was he a great captain for them uh offensive last year and a half aside, but he was a pivotal aspect to this, pardon me, Texas Ranger team, winning the World Series back two seasons ago. Now, unfortunately for the Rangers, they have kind of fallen off a cliff in the sense of being consistent since then. But Simeon, even though he has not gotten younger, has still been unbelievably important and pivotal piece to that puzzle. So, by losing him, it makes sense that this was not only a swap for similar contracts and how they’ll immediately impact the club, even though the Mets technically save $30 million between the two, but knowing that Brandon Emmo is going to be nothing but an absolutely positive influence in the clubhouse for the Rangers. Same can be said about Marcus Simeon. I think this is the exact kind of veteran captaincy type presence that the Mets so sincerely pardon me so severely lost this past season. There was no JD Martinez. There was no Jose Glaciius. And what do those guys have in common? They weren’t the best players on the team. At times JDM felt like he was one of the worst bats on the team. But even when that happened, the value that he brought to the clubhouse culture on and off the field was significant. And that held true. And without JD Martinez, the Mets don’t call up Jose Glaces because he’s the one who went into Carl Mendoza’s ear that basically demanded, hey, tell relay this to Sterns, make it happen. It happen the rest is history from what was an oh my god 2024 season. So Simeon, while I’m not expecting the man to light the world on fire, what I’m expecting him to be is to be unbelievably dynamic defensive player up the middle. Him and Lindor are going to turn double plays left, right, and center. But you’re going to get the con the true embodiment of a professional in the game, a World Series champion who knows how to take to win and I think is going to bring that veteran experience so well into a Mets lineup that needs it. Not that Juan Sodto doesn’t have championship experience because he most certainly does. But Sodto is more of a me guy than he is a team guy. Not that he is an overly selfish player, but he gets paid the big bucks for a reason. That’s because he’s prioritized he and his own production more than anything else. And that at times has come at the cost of being a true leader in the clubhouse cuz he hasn’t necessarily needed to be that guy cuz he’s just so damn talented. For Simeon, he’s very talented. We know, but that leadership I think will go a long way. So that was a key aspect that I want to highlight from this. And it was key to see David Stern’s remarks making it known that this is far more about just the offense that he’ll provide for say 2026 and beyond. But beyond that, some other key remarks that Stern shared today that I thought was notable was more on the fact on how the Mets, you know, wasn’t as much about wanting necessarily a clear clubhouse culture shift, but the Mets simply could not justify running it back with the score group. And I told you guys this time and time again as the season was reaching its conclusion, you can’t justify it. As much as we love Animo, and it’s not for a lack of effort on his end, what he’s done the past couple years, but he’s not getting any younger. Planter fasci has been an issue for him. Now, with the Texas Rangers plan to start him in right field next year, and all I have to say is good luck, they’re going to have to learn the hard way how much of a liability that arm can be and how much he may lack in range. Neville’s going to profile more as a DH before you know it in his career. It’s not a matter of if, but more than likely when. So, when you look at all these things, when you look at how the Mets are planning to operate now, moving forward with Nemo in the fold, they are clearly doing this because they know that they need to make a change. They need to deviate away from a core group that has not moved the needle enough for them. It has not gotten them over that hump. They’ve gotten close. They had electric 2024 season. But we can all agree as valuable as Lindor was that season as the MVP caliber player for the Mets, the Mets don’t have that run without the vibes and the aura that guys like veterans and Jose Glacius and JD Martinez brought. That’s what excites me the most. It this excites me more than the defense of Marcus Simeon. This excites me more than the potential bounceback opportunity that Sterns didn’t highlight when you look at the underlying numbers. And I agree with him when you look at the underlying metrics. They’re not far off at all from NMO. And there’s an expectation that in a deeper lineup next year because someone on my YouTube comment earlier, what do you mean deeper lap? The Mets have Lindor and Sodto. That’s it. Do you not understand that Lindoran Sodto in this lineup alone has the Mets looking like a deeper lineup on paper than the Texas Rangers next year? The Raiders have a lot of turmoil going on. Their entire second half of their lineup is unbelievably questionable outside of Cory Singer. There’s a lot of question marks. What are you going to get from Josh Shunn? What are you going to get from guys like Josh Smith? What are you going to get from, you know, the laundry list of players they have in that lineup for the Mets? I think there’s a level of confidence that we have and guys like Alvarez, Brett Batty, should he be here, not be traded? Ventos, if he’s not traded, I’m not exactly sure what to expect of him. So, take that for what it is. But Lenor, Sodto, hopefully, God willing, an Allonzo reunion and then some. Those are all important things that I hope to see happen. And speaking of Allonzo, speaking of Diaz, let’s talk a bit more on this because as we know everybody, the Mets would have loved them both back. And I appreciate the fact that Sterns went out of out of his way to relay exactly that that we would love both these players back. But this brings to the biggest quote that David Sterns shared today. It’s all thanks to Andy, pardon me, not Andy, Anthony Daccomo reiterating that exact question. So, what do you say? It’s like realistically, realistic and feasible for the Mets to bring back Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonzo and yes, you heard this correctly, land a top talent and say the outfield market. And obviously, he’s alluding to one Kyle Tucker or one Cody Bellinger. and Stern said, “Sure, you know, everything’s on the table, you know, as a possibility right now at this point in the offseason.” So, without really sharing his cards to any great degree, he’s making it known that anything and everything can be on the table for this Mets team. And that’s very exciting. And I love the fact that Sterns was so quick in the opening of his pressure today to not only thank NMO for everything he brought to the organization, but quickly pivoting and to saying how this opens the floodgates essentially for the club and their endless possibilities moving forward. Hence the video that we dropped earlier today was for that exact reason. And when we talk about the idea of the Mets not only running it back with both Edwin Diaz, who of course as you guys can see down below, tremendous numbers this past season, again, not only a constant professional, but someone who we all want to see back. and the rumblings as of now regarding Edwin Diaz that we saw from Will Salmon of the Athletic who speak of the devil, even though he’s most certainly not one. He will be joining me 4:30 p.m. Eastern, November 25th, everybody, which is going to be tomorrow, Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. We’re going to be doing a live show on the platform, breaking down everything that he knows right now, what he’s hearing for the Mets and across Major League Baseball this off season and everything else in between. Big live stream right around midday tomorrow, 4:30 p.m. Eastern. Check it out everybody. But he did come out with a piece over the past 24 hours or so which stated that the Mets have more of an appetite right now to go on the three-year route for Edwin Diaz versus a 5-year. And should the Mets lose out on Edwin Diaz, they have their heavy focus and will be heavily aggressive in both the Devin Williams and Robert Suarez markets. Now, this isn’t overly shocking. We know the Mets have been in the market for Deon Williams especially. This has been reported on over the past week and a half, two weeks now. But the one that is at least a newer name is Robert Suarez. But again, the point is the if the Mets lose Diaz, they’re going to go after the next best options of closer fits in the Frasier market. But can any Mets fan rationally say that they’ll be okay if Diaz walks because there’s a one-year difference or so? I don’t think anyone will. I think it’s a terrible sell to the fan base cuz listen, you’re already selling the fan base that say you’re not bringing Nemo back, which stings less than say Alonzo, but still stings for the most part. If you don’t run it back with Diaz and or Alonzo, I mean, and you don’t do moves that significantly make this team better next season, you’re gonna have team you’re going to have fans with the pitchforks ready. And you can’t blame them for that. You can’t at all because you have to understand that there’s an expectation now after failing as much as the Mets did this past year. and that expectation is supposed to be met, which is to not only make playoffs, but to have a deep run and hopefully have a really good-looking team when looking at the rotation, everything else in between and doing so. So, it’s good to see that the Mets are going to continue to be active and aggressive in those markets and trying to bring back both Peter Lonzo and Edwin Diaz, but there’s something to be said about the fact of the matter that if the Mets do not bring these guys back, how much more work they will have to do in order, in my opinion, the opinions of many, to balance out the roster. Because as good and as important defense is, the defense will only take you so far. If you structure a team more in the alignment of the Brewers without star talent, but elite defenders and great young speed, it’s still going to get exposed in the end when you have a Dodgers rotation with four aces and of course big juggernaut MVP caliber bats and Freddy Freeman, show Otani of course there, Mookie Bets among others getting ready to rake on you. So for all those reasons and then some, it’s imperative not only for the Mets to bring back Edwin Diaz, bring back Petonzo, but to do more. And as David Stern said himself that sure, yes, that’s a realistic possibility for the New York Mets. Let’s talk about these realistic possibilities because I said this yesterday, I’ll say it again. You know, we had some people out there that I saw online today saying that, you know, the Mets are now in the Bellinger market or that they’re going to be pivoting to him. Guys, did you just start following the Mets off season yesterday? Uh, the Mets have been in a Ballinger’s market for the past two plus weeks. This is not only reported. This is what we also know in the industry. I’ve been relaying nothing but constant information that the Mets are involved in the Bellinger market to say the least. I can’t expand to what degree beyond that because you don’t want to of course hurt your connections among other things. But let me put it this way. The Mets really like Cody Bellinger, okay? And if Bellinger doesn’t return the New York Yankees, I think it is really really strong possibility that he’s going to be in a Mets uniform. And I understand there’s a contingent of Mets fans that don’t like the idea of replacing Brandon Mo with Cody Bellinger. But let me tell you why David Sterns loves that idea and may have very well traded Emmo for that exact reality. Brandon Emmo can’t defend. The numbers tell you he can’t defend. The stats tell you he can’t defend. Beyond just, you know, when we look at the baseball savant stuff, the eye test tells you he can’t defend. The eye test tells you he doesn’t have a strong arm. The stats tell you he doesn’t have a strong arm. Cody Bellinger is one of the best defenders in all Major League Baseball. See that sliding catch? That’s normal. That’s casual for him. Whether it’s in left, whether it’s in center, whether it’s in right, or whether it’s at first base, Cody Bellinger can do it all defensively. And that defensive versatility would not only further box someone like Jeff McNeil out of the equation, but it would further amplify how unique of a profile Cody Bellinger is. For the fans that are concerned that Bellinger may just be a little bit above league average as a bat if he say Atlanta and Queens with the Mets. One, we don’t know if that’s true. Two, I think he would thrive in this lab. And three, most importantly, you’re adding Bellinger because of how well-rounded of a player he is. That well-roundedness will again do wonders for you. He’s sitting right around, you know, a north of a five plus4 player. If he can pro provide some production in the Mets next season to hopefully give you at least three strong years on a six-year deal, cuz that’s what I think he’s getting at minimum. I think Ballinger is getting six to seven years north of 200 plus million whether he lands with the Mets, goes back to the Yankees or lands with another top contender, maybe short-term high to return the Dodgers as LA obviously wouldn’t mind adding a more quality outfielder for next season given the rotation that they’ve been doing in recent years like the James Outman’s, the Michael Conforto, the Kik Hernandezes, the Jason Haywards, the Chris Taylor of the world, etc. Uh, but I do believe that Bellinger is not only a near perfect fit for the New York Mets, but I’ve had fans reach out to me and say they love Bellinger. I’ve had fans tell me they hate Bellinger. I’m just here to tell you David Sterns really likes Bellinger. Okay? So, if it happens, this is Sterns’s guy. And for the people that get concerned about the idea of Bellinger being on a six or sevenyear contract, let Brandon NMO in this trade be a prime example as to why you have nothing to worry about. If the Mets were able to sway Brandon NMO entering his age 33 season to avoid a no trade clause in his contract right away to go to the Texas Rangers when he still has 5 years left on his contract, is not going to age well defensively at all. Is continuing to not age well defensively. What makes you think the Mets won’t find themselves in similar of an area with Cody Bellinger? Should they ink him to say six, seven years? you’re probably gonna get three really good years out of Cody Ballinger and then you’re going to see more of kind of that probably somewhat steady decline. I could be wrong, but naturally defense, you know, how long is a player going to have it while still being a plus bat? These are things that you have to wonder. Of course, as he’s fluctuated with health over the years, not only in his long-standing tenure in LA with the Dodgers, but to a degree there that we saw with the um Chicago Cubs and he just took Jacob Deg Grom deep in the highlights of Sabi. Another sign as to why it needs to happen, right? But Bellinger, take away the short porch. I know his road splits weren’t the best this past year. I still don’t care. His value is so much more than just what you’re getting in the bat. Between his bat and his defense, he is a far more well-rounded player than Nemo. He’s also three years younger than Brandon Nemo. So, there is something to be said about that. So, if you invest in him and have him at his best for the next three years, who cares what happens in the final couple years? You want to know why? David Sterns, but Steve Cohen mainly, has made it known time and time again, they are not going to allow contracts hinder how the Mets operate for short to long-term vision to the point that it hurts them. Okay, the farthest that they done with that as of late is someone like Starly Marte, but Marte was still valuable with his bat. It was just the defense that was again non-existent because he’s not getting younger and can barely move lateral a lot at times, it feels like. But Bellinger would be a tremendous fit for this Mets team. And I do think that he is the most logical fit for the Mets to have should they land an outfielder of quality. I also think there’s a role where the Mets land someone to a lesser degree and say Luis Robert, a Harrison Bader profile, one of those kind of two. But I think it would be Robert because the Mets loved him at the trade deadline. But my question is if the Mets land someone like Robert, will they still have an appetite to go after another outfielder? because that’s a really hard sell of the fan base. If you ran it with Robert as your starting center fielder, Benj maybe crack spring training out camp as your starting left fielder because he’s going to be better in left than center. That’s what the early projections suggest he may be. But you’re putting a lot of stock into an unproven top prospect and Eluis Robert who’s been bad the past couple years offensively even though he’s been in a a night and day difference in a lineup in Southside Chicago versus in a deep one deep one in Flushing Queens with the New York Mets. But if the Mets just went robber and again didn’t add for a star outfielder, I like every one of you will be enraged cuz there’s only one way to justify such a thing if they did say go down that hypothetical route and that’s by making sure you maximize other areas of need, which is not just rotation that we’ll get into shortly in Tatso, but more so in bringing Pete Alonzo back, potentially adding more there. another guy that can maybe platoon with Allonzo at first base DH that’s maybe a bit more defensively sound but still good to give the Mets flexibility and consider Brett Batty as we discussed our video earlier today earlier today in a trade of greater significance for a Terrick school for example and then it opens the door for either an Alex Bregman pursuit maybe a JRM trade pursuit which again if the Mets want to continue with the old heads where still good player I mean JR’s an amazing player he’s still arguably the best third baseman in baseball he’s an elite base runner elite defender elite bat and we rekindle that relationship with Lindor as well. A lot of possibilities here, but needless to say, the Mets are going to be making moves. But who I think is the most logical fit right now? It’s Cody Bellinger. Now, if it’s not Cody Bellinger, who’s an X-man up? It’s the guy who I would prefer between the two, but I know he’s going to come at a lot more of a price. Twice the price probably close to at least. And that’s not Fernando Tatis Jr. as much as I love Tatis. I’m going to say a lot more about him in content in the future, but I want to make sure that I pull up here the right stats for one, Mr. Kyle Tucker. So, bear with me as I go ahead and do exactly that, everybody. Let’s go ahead and find out where I put you, Kyle. That’s on me. No problem at all. Now, let’s go here. Let’s go. Bam, bang, boom. But Kyle Tucker is one of these guys where I think the Mets don’t land him in this sense because they don’t want to go go the years. And I know that might not be a good sell the fan base because again if Tucker signs an 8-year contract at least that breaks him to his age 36 season. That would be the equivalent of what you would have Cody Bellinger for. Just for context, you would have him for around that exact same time up until around that same age. So if you view it in that way, which player would you want more until they get to their age 36 season? Do you want Cody Bellinger who’s the far more defensive, versatile, and you know, a very plus bat when he can when he’s right, but he’s known for the defense. Look at this like immaculate reception he had to doing his best Franco Harris catch. And that was against the Mets, sadly, which is very frustrating. But Kyle Tucker is one of these guys that not only has World Series championship pedigree like Bellinger, but is more of an MVP caliber in way ways that Bellinger you can argue maybe isn’t because on the forefront, Belly has the better offensive numbers with the home runs and the RBI’s this past season. But then when you look at the rest of this guy, you see the difference. 26 266 average, 377 on base, 464 slug, a 4 and a half worse season. So4 less than Ballinger, but 36% above league average. and he was 11% higher than Cody Cody Bellinger offensively. Tucker is not as defensively sound. He’s good. He’s not great though. He would just be a nice above average defender that the Mets would have in right which would naturally shift Sodto to left which would I think make plenty sense there. Sodo is the weaker defender between the two. Still has a cannon of an arm. I think it would work out without a problem. But Tucker, he’s looking for at least 350 to400 plus million dollars this offseason as a Scott Wars client. And coming off of the campaign they had in a one and done year in Chicago, there’s something to be said about who fits the team better now. As much as I love Kyle Tucker, and I really will be ecstatic the Mets land him, you can make a rightful argument that Bellinger fits the team or now for the sake of maximizing defensive versatility. With Bellinger, you do not have to be stuck with him in just the corner outfield the way that you would with Tucker. You can play him in four different positions comfortably at any point in the week. And I can only imagine how much the Mets would take advantage of somebody like that with Carl Spendosa lean the lean the chart there when looking at lineup configurations when looking at defensive alignments when looking at defensive alignments later in the ball game as well. A lot of different ways the Mets can go about this. But who is the more polished player? Who is the guy with a higher upside? Who is the guy that I think will help the Mets get a greater chance to win? Now I still do believe it’s Kyle Tucker. even while he was technically of less value of a player this past season than Cody Bellinger. But that all goes back down to the defense. Like I said, Tucker’s amazing. And if you can ink him to an 8-year contract, that would be no different than Ballinger. They would both expire in those contracts around the same time. Should Bellinger get a six-year deal, and should Tucker get an 8-year deal? Now, Tucker gets 10, that’s where we have a bit more of a discussion because then that brings him to his age 38 season. Not that the Mets can’t buy out the final years of his contract, but they do. They really want to put themselves in that position to do so. I’m not entirely sure. You know, there’s something to be said about not loving the idea of having too much long-term commitments. You like the idea of short to midterm commitments, and I think 6 years is as far as the Mets would have an appetite to go for really anyone this offseason, but still to be determined as they might have to play more into the market and get out of their comfort zone. As Ken Rosenthal stated that we broke down the platform over the past couple days, David Sterns, if he’s going to go ahead and land a big start in the fran market the way that Rosenthal firmly believes he’s going to again have to break away out of his comfort zone a little bit. And how much does Sterns deviate out of his comfort zone this off season? We saw him do the trade one for one simming for NMO. I’m sure that wasn’t an overly comfortable thing to do, but it’s a comfortable thing to do when you know that you have the proper replacement at least in mind. And I can tell you in confidence as someone who does have connections in the industry, I had a long conversation with someone today, as a matter of fact, who is very plugged in and knows a lot of these top reporters on the back of their head, has great relationships relationships with them. And what was relay to me is that the Mets are heavily aggressive on multiple fronts right now, not just one single player, which is great because they’re making sure that no stone goes unturned. So that way if say plan A doesn’t work out then they pivot to plan B or if plan B and C don’t work out then they really lock in on A. The point is is that the Mets have an abundance of options to choose from at the moment. They’re maximizing those options in the trade and free agent market and we should all fully expect the Mets to make some significant splashes. Hopefully as soon as this week we’re at latest probably sometime next week getting closer to winter meetings. You know it’s the holiday week with Thanksgiving right around the corner. But I I was even telling this I was on a separate phone call today with my guy DraftK Neck Mark shouted Maruino and we were just chopping up on what we know what’s happening right now in the league and in the industry and I was telling him how I firmly believe that we’re going to have a move happen this week and he told me that he thinks you know him and our buddy James you know feels the exact same way. It feels like something’s going to happen this week. We just don’t know what. I didn’t know about the Nemo news prior. Sometimes I get relay information ahead of time. This was not one of those cases. Um, so I was genuinely surprised and shocked when I found out the news. But still, my key takeaway was that, you know, this is a precursor to something of greater significance that’s going to happen. I hope that’s multiple dominoes in a great way that fall and not just one that we broke down again in our video that dropped earlier today. But now guys, going on beyond Kyle Tucker, let’s get into a topic that I’ve been looking forward to talking about, and that is Tatsua Emi. And then after Tatsu, you might wrap up the show by getting into Brandon Nemo’s remarks, leaving the Mets organization for the first time in 14 years. Isn’t that crazy? Like my god. Actually insane. All right, folks. Take a look at this quote from Tatso Imi. Everybody, again, the most coveted pitcher coming over from the Palm Pro Baseball League this off season. What does Emma have to say about what the Mets, not the Mets, I apologize, about his off season and what he plans to do. So, here we go everybody. Look at this quote. Just insane quote regarding the LA Dodgers. I want to take them down. I think beating a team like that and becoming world champions would be the most valuable thing in my life. Now, I will preface. Sometimes when there is translation that happens for like a full Japanese player like this, there could be some hiccups in how the translation goes. So, is there a possibility that this isn’t verbatim what he said? Yes. But this is very much along the lines of him saying that no, he’s not going to be an LA Dodger, nor does he want to be, and he prides himself on trying to beat teams like that. Emi also did state in an interview with the media today that he’s a prideful player and has a preference to not land with a team that currently has a Japanese player on it. He doesn’t want input. He does not want help from fellow countrymen who have now hit the bigs. He wants to go on his own path and do it his way. So, Emi, contrary to some belief, including myself to a degree, because this has been more of an older school movement with the Palon Pro baseball players that we’ve seen coming to the bigs, Emi has more of the old school player mentality, which is one who is not in love with the idea of being with an organization that already has Japanese player. He wants to be the face of that team in that regard. And I like that. I love the fact that he’s challenging himself. And I love the fact that he’s not kissing the ass part of my French kiddos of the LA Dodgers to say, “Hey, I want to hop on the bandwagon. I want to get an A on the project regardless of how I perform.” Cough, cough, Tanner Scott. So I is clearly a talent that wants to be added onto a team where he can help be one of the faces of the team on the rotation front. Help them in a winout stage hopefully, but also do it at a rate where there’s potential that he could take down a team like the big bad Dodgers. This is music to my ears as a Mets fan, as someone who’s been wanting Tatsu Mai be really since we first found out that he would be hitting this market. But now, let’s expand as to why I specifically want Tatsui. It’s not just the numbers you see down below. It’s not just because he hit 100 miles per hour on his fast ball for the first time in his career this year. It’s not just because of the fact that his walk rate has significantly gotten better every single year now at right around a two and a half walks per nine to just under 10 strikeouts per nine. It’s not just the fact that he has an Arsenal that’s going to bode so well and save the Mets pitching lab there. When you look at the guys that they currently have involved between, you know, obviously Eric Joers who’s, you know, leader of the pack, the, you know, the director of pitching to Justin Willard, our active pitching coach, and everyone else in between when looking at the splitty, the sinker, the slider, the curve, and everything else in company. Nor is it the fact that Tatsu Yimai is someone that has the amount of innings that he does have the MPB level not far off from Cody Sanga, not Cody, Cody Sanga, pardon me. It’s the fact that Tatsuai is 27 years of age, has a lot of Moxy on the mound, is carrying himself with the mentality that I want to be on a team where I am more of the face, where there’s no other countrymen. I like that. And I love that considering the fact that the New York Mets are looking for starting talent that can be middle of the rotation ace caliber at best. Immay doesn’t have a qualifying offer attached to him because he hasn’t been in major leagues to this point. Nor is he someone that’s going to get a contract as significant as Yoshino Yamamoto at 325 that the Mets offered a couple years ago. Immani is projected to go any anywhere from five to seven years in a contract to get, you know, I’d imagine, you know, in the $150 to $200 million range. That’s what we’re looking at right now, more than likely. But even in that scenario, EMI fits the short and long-term bill for the New York Mets as a 27-year-old entering his age 28 season. So, if you invested in him in say a six-year contract, again, he will be a free agent by time he’s age 36. You could have unique clauses, you can have unique optouts in there as well, given the uncertainty of him as a player coming over from the Depal Pro Baseball League. But my big takeaway is that, huh, the Mets have a Japanese player already. That should write them off. Of course, it’s not going to write them off. You want to know why? The Mets have been aggressively shopping Kodi Sanga. Jeff Pass said it over this past week. Everybody in their mother said over this past week, it’s not a matter of if, but when the New York Mets go out of their way to trade someone like Kodi Sena this off seasonason. So it is telling that David Strings is not only done with Sangga as a fit for the New York Mets, but by trading Sango away, it too in similar fashion to Miranda and Nemo being dealt opening the floodgates to a top outfield option. This opens the floodgates for the Mets to go further after top rotation options. If you trade Sanga, you’re going after two starters this offseason because you are going after one regardless on if you trade anyone away. But if you trade Sango away, you’re likely going after two. you’re going to go after one that’s probably more mid to back end and someone who could really be an ace and EMI is this unique unique example of someone who has upside as good as a number two and at worst is someone who could be more in your back end he might comfortably sit right in the middle but he’s someone who the Mets can comfortably I think invest fairly short and long-term on should they wish to do so all you need to do is trade Kod I sing no way sell him on how he can be the next face of a Japanese talent in New York how the Mets can go right by him and what they learned and their time with SA, but not that they have to abide by that with EI, just relaying of what they’ve learned as having experience with a player like this in the past. But as long as SA isn’t here, I think we’re chilling. So now it comes down to can we pry EMI away from going to either a team out west that could be appealing. If he wants to take down the Dodgers, Padres’s makes sense. But if the Potteries are shutting payroll this off season, who knows what Prowler is going to do. Prowler’s a mad man. No, I won’t put anything past him, but I don’t know what they’re going to do there. Could the LA Angels really pitch Tatsui on why he should go there? It’s possible. Seattle Mariners don’t need any rotation up. We know that. San Francisco Giants, could they go go all in on him? It’s definitely possible. So, it’ll be interesting to see how the Mets compete with other contending teams in the market and how much being on the East Coast may either positively or more certainly negatively impact the club and their pursuit of someone like EMI. But again, it goes without saying is one of the better options available in this year’s free agent market. He checks off a lot of boxes for the New York Mets. You don’t have to give up trade assets for him. You don’t have to give up draft pick compensation because he does have the Qo. He is this perfect happy medium of a starter that I’ll be disappointed if the Mets find themselves not heavily in his mark in the end the way that we know that they’re currently interested and in said market given reports we’ve seen over the past two weeks. Now going on from Tatsu Mai. Everybody before we wrap up the show, let’s hear some key remarks from Brennan Nemo himself stating how he feels in regards to Mets fans now no longer being a New York Met. And these were the initial remarks from Brandon on social media. To the fans I’ll always hold near and dear. There is truly no way I could adequately put into words how much my tenure with the Mets has meant to me. All I can say is thank you. Thank you Mets fans for embracing and welcoming a kid from Wyoming to the Big Apple. I always I always aspire to become a big leager I never knew I’d have the opportunity to accomplish that dream in a city so wildly passionate about the game of baseball. The last 14 years have felt like a dream and has been an absolute honor to share them with you. You made me feel like family and I hope you felt the same. Absolutely. I always I my only regret is not meeting Brandon Emmo looking back as a New York Met because he’s such a selfless human being. He always gives back to the fans. You made me feel like family. I hope you felt the same. I will always be grateful for our time and memories together with love always. Brandon Demo. Now to conclude those remarks, here’s Brandon Demo talking more about Mets fans. I guess what these last few days or of appreciation with their interactions with you, what’s your reaction to that? And also, you know, how do you think that’ll translate to your new home? Yeah. Yeah. No, I will, you know, I I put a post out um probably about an hour ago now or so and just trying to uh do the best that I could. I again I think the way that I started it was there really are no words to to fully express how uh the the like all-encompassing love and support that I always felt from the New York Mets fan base. Um they always appreciated whatever the results were. They always appreciated the way that I went about the game, the way that I hustled uh and the person that I was. And that will never go away. And you know, it was 14 years that I that I spent in in the Mets organization developing relationships. Um, there are fans that that I met in 2011 that, you know, I still interacted with, you know, all the way up to the end of last year. And, uh, it’s just it’s something that I will definitely miss. It’s one part of my life and a chapter that um is is over and that’s always sad. Um, I will always remember the Mets fans fondly. One of the, you know, coolest experiences I had was after we won the NLCS standing, you know, on the field and enjoying that moment with a packed, you know, sellout crowd at City Field. Um, and being part of that first like clinching game at City Field. Um, and kind of having that come full circle. I wish, you know, obviously I wish could have brought a World Series to that fan base, but having that come like full circle moment from being drafted in 2011, you know, just this kid from Cheyenne, Wyoming to, you know, standing on on City Field and having, you know, us going to, you know, the CS. Um, and I might have said the CS, I meant the DS. Um, but having us go to the CS and, you know, and do it in front of the the Mets fans that I had always wanted to win for. So, for me, it it’s it’s sad. It’s it’s the ending of of of one chapter of my life and the beginning of a next. I will always remember the Mets fan base fondly. I absolutely loved them and you know I I tried to leave everything that I possibly could out on the field for them. Um but I do know you know ultimately the goal was was to bring a World Series. You know fell fell short of that. But hopefully and it seems like from the outpouring support that I’ve been getting that um that the fan base remembers you know me fondly as well. And that’s always a great feeling to feel like you were appreciated for what you did for the organization and the effort that you put out on a daily basis. I have definitely felt that support and I felt that love and I cannot thank the the Mets fan base enough for that. Ah, someone cutting onions in here. You’re killing me, Brandon. Again, the exact kind of response from what you would expect from someone like him. always giving back to the fans, referencing memories from, you know, fans he’s interacted with since basically his debut and even going back to the minor leagues. This is Brandon NMO in a nutshell. And it gets me a little choked up just talking about this cuz you know I didn’t realize that when we were watching that series in Chicago against the Cubs for the final time this season that that massive home run that NMO hit that I believe gave the Mets the lead I was freaking out my live stream with with a draft neck mark and others that that would be the last home run he’d ever hit as a New York Met. you know, um, as much as NMO has his struggles like any other player, it’s how he’s carried himself, which is why fans have appreciated and loved him so much the way that I know I certainly have. And I’ve constantly said that there was no better example and how to lead both on and off the field and how to carry yourself as an individual, as an athlete, than Brandon Nemo. Nemo, in my opinion, is the closest thing to a David Ray caliber type talent in the Mets organization. And this is not a slight on Lindor, but they just carry themselves differently. David Wright was never the guy that was focused on being on the cover of GQ and obviously focused on his looks and all these different ventures outside of baseball. Not that those are bad things cuz they’re not. I love Lindor for that. He has an amazing personality in his own right. But Nemo is just a ball player. He’s a guy that hustles his ass off every time out there. He’s the kind of guy that again bolts down to first up until he retires because he just knows that’s what he’s supposed to do. He knows how much a team is investing in him. He knows how much the fans are invested in him. So, it’s important for him to make sure that he at least does everything in his power to show how much he cares and how much he values everything around him as a major league player. And that selflessness is something that a lot of other players need to be carrying in the game today that they severely lack because Nemo has a winning mentality in that regard. And I hope nothing but the best again for him, his family there in Texas, rekindling that relationship with Deg Grom, potentially others. We’ll see what happens with Alonzo, etc. But Brandon Emmo, I mean, I can go on and on about this. It’s going to kill me when I see him face the Mets on a Ranger uniform. But I will always be a fan of his. I will always be rooting for his himself. Brandon NMO was the embodiment of what it meant to be a New York Met. And Steve Cohen and Alex Cohen came out with a statement earlier today pretty much reiterating exactly that. But Mets fans, thank you all so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed everything that we broke down in this late night Mets edition here on the platform. Please let me know your thoughts on the David Sterns key takeaways, your key takeaways from that, how the Mets are planning potentially add Diaz Allonzo and plenty more to this team. I mean, sign me the hell up yesterday and ultimately everybody, the Mets are destined for a lot of big splashes this offseason. Whether you like them or not yet to be seen, but they are inevitable. Final thing for me, 4:30 p.m. Eastern, Tuesday, myself, the athletic soul salmon, great friend on the platform, the man best on the beat for the Mets right now, you can rightfully argue, doing a tremendous job for MLBwide coverage, paired with Ken Rosenthal, one of the best in the game. He’s going to tell you everything he knows in Mets land right now. Maybe some new information that you haven’t heard publicly on the fronts of Alonzo Diaz and player pursuits. Until then though, everybody, have a great rest of your night, day, evening, whenever you’re watching this. This is your guy Warney signing out. Let’s go bats, baby. Peace out, folks.

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