Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast

In Episode 173 of Amazin' avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Greg don the tools of ignorance (no jokes please) and discuss the 2016 Mets backstops of note. Well first they banter about concerning Mets predictions and Yoenis Cespedes' future as a Top Gear presenter. But then it is definitely time to discuss if Travis d'Arnaud can stay healthy, if Kevin Plawecki will hit a bit more, and...well...uh...let's talk about Ali Sanchez I guess. Next we answer your e-mails on Dilson Herrera, forgotten not-a-prospect, what the Mets should do against southpaws, K/BB ratios, and solicitations for another drinking game. Finally, we wrap things up with a disappointing IFK Goteborg update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Amazin' Avenue Audio  podcast has a long and storied history of co-hosts drinking and discussing the Mets news. In a very special edition, we codified it into a game. Using the Baseball Prospectus Annual, Jeffrey and Kate, along with Kate Morrison and Nick Stellini of Baseball Prospectus, engage in the BP Annual drinking game. It goes badly, mostly for Jeffrey, but really for everyone. The listeners are the real winners. Well maybe, but probably not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring Training is tantalizingly close, friends, which means it is time for your position-by-position previews of the 2016 Mets to commence! In Episode 172 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Lukas discuss the Mets outfield, and it is in glowing terms. For starters, there will probably only be five of them, and they are all cromulent major leaguers. We talk Cespedes as center fielder, Conforto as stealth MVP candidate, and the overlooked Cutis Granderson, before debating if Juan Lagares can bounce back and spending much less time on Alejandro de Aza then we thought we would. Then it is time for your e-mails on topics ranging from a Jacob deGrom extension, to Mets-inspired craft beers, to Kelly Secrest. Jeffrey even throws in a somewhat disorganized Jenrry Mejia rant for good measure. Finally we close with an IFK Goteborg update and a very NSFW pop culture recommendation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 171 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Chris and Jeffrey talk I-95 landmarks and Adam Loewen. Yes this is supposed to be our Spring Training preview, why do you ask? We do eventually get to that and talk craft beer, fried fish, seventh men in the bullpen, inevitable intercostal strains, and allude to stories we definitely cannot tell on the podcast. Next it is time for your e-mails on filling out the Mets roster, future old Mets pitchers..., *sigh* Dom Smith, Brandon Nimmo's defense, 2016 promotion ideas, and how Jeffrey has developed as a scouty dude. Then we wrap things up with a half-assed IFK Goteborg update and some pop culture suggestions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 170 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Brian banter about books and bad Binghamton promotions before answering your e-mails on the value of a compensation pick, the Mets contention window, a potential Matt Harvey extension, a potential Matt Harvey trade, re-signing Juan Uribe, the 2016 Mets lineup (those last five are all one e-mail, le sigh), old Latin pitchers, and our annual game of guess the minor league rosters. There is also news on the IFK Goteborg front, and Jeffrey plugs the Baseball Prospectus Annual a few times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode one-hundred-and-nice of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Greg discuss Sandy's sense of humor, how good the 2016 Mets might be, who is the best shortstop prospect in the organization, and answer your e-mails on prospects, Cespedes, the DH, and whether the Mets are the best team in baseball. We wrap things up with another IFK Goteborg update and a list of all the mediocre European and Canadian detective procedurals Jeffrey has been watching lately. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 168 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey, Kate, Chris, Kate Morrison of Baseball Prospectus and the mysterious prospect hate man (he lost a bet) knock back a few and discuss the Mets re-signing Yoenis Cespedes. We prefer that they would have leaked this out two drinks ago, but we can't complain too vehemently because the Mets look like a legitimate mid-market team and have had a pretty good offseason? We are confused as the rest of you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is that time of the year again. The time when we spend two hours arguing over the minutia of the Mets player development system. Are you excited yet? You should be. In Episode 167, Jeffrey, Greg, Lukas, and Steve argue about the Mets minor league system. We start off with a system overview before diving into breakout candidates, who we are higher and lower on than the others, postulate some sleepers, and list our guys. There is plenty of trolling, some spilled pizza, and a lot of John Mora talk for some reason. Then we answer your e-mails on future Mets hall of famers, future Mets minor league managers, and the 1976 NL Cy Young race. And you wonder why it went two hours? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 166 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Greg discuss Mike Piazza's induction to the baseball Hall of Fame, the second best pitching prospect in the Mets organization, and what the Mets might do with the rest of the rapidly dwindling offseason (okay, probably not much). Then we answer your e-mails and talk Nicola Roeg films, IFK Goteborg midfielders, and Jeffrey plugs a whole bunch of stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We like to think after 165+ episodes we have a bit of a relatonship, with you, the listener.  So we will be honest. This podcast, well it might be a bit of a train wreck. The Mets didn't help matters, since there is no real news to speak of, and the news there is, it's very confusing. Also Aaron's laptop is very noisy, unless Jeffrey figured out a way to fix that in post, and Jeffrey's laptop isn't charging so this was recorded on a now ten-yer-old MacBook. Regardless we soldier on, and Jeffrey, Aaron, Kate and Steve discuss resloutions, Daniel Murphy's new digs, DePo's new job, and the B-Mets new...well, they are still the B-Mets for now. Then we answer your e-mails on Aroldis Chapman, Jay Bruce, and new homes for our old Mets before wrapping things up with some pop culture and Swedsh soccer talk. 2016, let's go! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gather round our large metal pole, one and all, as we discuss strength-to-weight ratios, Mets dinner companions, air a whole lot of grievances and perform feats of strength on Amazin' Avenue Audio. There is only one way to wrap up a wacky, weird, 2015 year on the pod, and that is with a Festivus (though probably not a Cespedes) for the rest of us.   P.S. We also answer your e-mails, because Jeffrey was not letting them sit until 2016, and anyway the whole thing didn't take as long as he thought it would. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gather round the fire and pour yourself a large mug of wassail. Jeffrey and Greg are here to tell you a tale of a larger than life man. More than a man, a legend. Yes, Bartolo Colon is back, and we are hear to talk about it. We also find time to talk about Jerry Blevins return and Dick Scott's promotion to bench coach. And of course there are your e-mails from all of the Daves we know. Because these are the Daves we know, we know. See you in 2016 for more obscure pop culture references and payroll grumbling! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast has a long history of having news break shortly after we stop recording, especially during November and December, but even by our standards this week was impressive. Jeffrey and Greg have a lovely conversation about losing out on Ben Zobrist and the subsequent Neil Walker trade. We also answer your e-mails. Then an hour after we finished recording, the Mets signed Asdrubal Cabrera. So we picked back up 48 hours later with Jeffrey and Milo breaking down that deal and checking in on more famous Republic of Ireland soccer players and Josh Satin (not a Republic of Ireland soccer player). THEN A HALF HOUR AFTER THIS WAS FINISHED MICHAEL CUDDYER RETIRED....so...back to the podcasting stations, as Jeffrey and Kate discuss that happening.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 162 of Amazin' Avenue Audio, Jeffrey and Brian scrounge around for bits of news as the Winter Meetings kick off. The Mets will have a new bench coach, but a lot of the same players. Next David Roth of Vice Sports joins the show to talk about things to do in Scarsdale and Bridgeport and scan baseball-reference pages while discussing Raul Valdes and Trot Nixon's Mets careers. Finally, we have a very long e-mail segment where we just end up wildly guessing how much every single 2016 Met would make as a free agent this offseason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazin' Avenue Audio is back again, as Steve and Jeffrey complain about the opening question segment, discover the Mets made a bunch of minor league free agent signings, ruminate about a Jenrry Mejia tender, and rant about Wuilmer Becerra being left off the  40-man. Then it is time for your (pro wrestling) e-mails that are of interest to probably only Stuart. But don't say we didn't warn you this time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices