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Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), Episode 29: The Wacha and Porcello Hype Train Dec 13, 2019

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Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.

First up, Chris and Brian discuss the two newest Mets, Rick Porcello and Michael Wacha. While neither is very excited about either, Chris has a stronger reaction against one of the new pitchers.

Next up, we discuss the inane plan to possibly now trade a starter, as well as look at players that the Mets, if they weren’t unbearably cheap, should have gone after at the winter meetings.

Chris’s Music Pick:

Uranium Club - The Cosmic Cleaners

Brian’s Music Pick:

The Bad Plus - Activate Infinity

Golden Valley is Now - Golden Valley is Now

You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts.

If you’ve got questions that you’d like us to discuss on the air, email the show at aaaudiopodcast@gmail.com.

Make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap). and Chris (@ChrisMcShane).

And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.

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Amazin’ Avenue Winter Meetings Special, Day Four, Led Jowrie Dec 12, 2019

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In today’s fourth installment of the first ever Amazin Avenue Winter Meetings Special, Kenny and Lukas discuss the Gerrit Cole and Michael Wacha signings, as well as other free agent signings from around the league.

After, they talk about all of the trade rumors surrounding the Mets, including rumors involving Dom Smith, Brandon Nimmo (an annual tradition), Carlos Correa (again), Starling Marte, and more, before wrapping up the show discussing a potential return to Oakland for Jed Lowrie.

As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts.

Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at AAAudiopodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Lukas (@lvlahos343), Ken (@kenlavin91).

We will be back tomorrow, with another episode discussing all of the events and breaking news from the third day of the 2019 Winter Meetings.

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Amazin’ Avenue Winter Meetings Special, Day Three: COME BACK PLEASE Dec 11, 2019

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In today’s third installment of the first ever Amazin Avenue Winter Meetings Special, Kenny and Lukas discuss the Zach Cosart trade, in which the Angels traded Zach Cosart and Will Wilson to the Giants in exchange for cash and a player to be named later, as well as the one year, $9 million contract that the Giants offered to Kevin Gausman.

After, they discuss Didi Gregorious signing with the Phillies, and finish up by discussing potential trade packages the Mets might be willing to offer for Carlos Correa, who the Astros have floated as a possible trade candidate.

Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at AAAudiopodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Lukas (@lvlahos343), Ken (@kenlavin91).

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A Pod of Their Own, Episode 33: When the Mets can’t even afford a backup catcher (but maybe they will someday) Dec 11, 2019

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Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, a show by the women of Amazin’ Avenue where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.

This week, we begin with a chat about what the Mets are doing—or not doing, as the case may be—at the winter meetings.

Next, we talk about the day we never thought would come: the Wilpons’ sale of the team to current minority owner Steve Cohen, who will eventually take control of the team five years down the line. We also wrestle with the ethical issues involved with Cohen’s checkered past and give a shoutout to Sheryl Ring’s fantastic writing on the topic, and other topics of interest to the show.

Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise.

You can follow A Pod of Their Own on Twitter (@apodoftheirown) and you can also follow all of our co-hosts on Twitter: Allison McCague (@PetitePhD), Maggie Wiggin (@maggie162), and Linda Surovich (@LindaSurovich). You can also email the show at aa.apodoftheirown@gmail.com.

Look for A Pod of Their Own in your feeds every Wednesday and don’t forget: there’s no crying in podcasting!

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Amazin’ Avenue Winter Meetings Special, Day Two: BUSINESS AS USUAL Dec 10, 2019

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In today’s second installment of the first ever Amazin Avenue Winter Meetings Special, Kenny, Liam, and Thomas discuss the day’s spate of quotes from Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen at the Winter Meetings, before devolving into a rousing conversation about the knighthood of new Mets bench coach Sir Hensley Meulens.

After, they discuss Stephen Strasburg agreeing to sign a 7 year $245 million contract to stay with the Nationals, and what that means for the other four teams in the NL East heading into 2020. They then wrap up with a discussion of how the Strasburg contract compares to the Jacob deGrom extension, before running through some quick reactions to smaller signings and stories from the meetings.

Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at AAAudiopodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Thomas (@sadmetsszn), Ken (@kenlavin91), and Liam (@JeanzMurphy).

We will be back tomorrow, with another episode discussing all of the events and breaking news from the third day of the 2019 Winter Meetings.

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Amazin’ Avenue Winter Meetings Special, Day One: SLAPDICK PROSPECT Dec 09, 2019

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Welcome to the first ever Amazin Avenue Winter Meetings Special focusing on all of the major events and news that happened on that particular day of Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings. For the next three to four days Kenny, Lukas, and Liam, will be bringing you short episodes covering each day of the Winter Meetings, which are taking place from Sunday, December 8 through Thursday, December 12 in San Diego, California.

First, Kenny, Lukas, and Liam preview the 2019 Winter Meetings, and the typical events that happen there, before heading into a longer discussion of the Jake Marisnick trade and Brad Brach signing as a discussion of where the Mets stand heading into the Meetings.

After, they discuss their hopes for what the Mets accomplish during the Winter Meetings, as well as their expectations for what the Mets will actually do.

Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at AAAudiopodcast@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Ken (@kenlavin91), and Liam (@JeanzMurphy).

We will be back tomorrow, with another episodes discussing all of the events and breaking news from the first two days of the 2019 Winter Meetings.

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From Complex to Queens, Episode 37: Rule 5 Draft Primer Dec 09, 2019

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Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system.

First, inspired by Odoacer and the fall of the Roman Empire, the team plays Promote, Extend, Trade with a bunch of Mets minor league players of Germanic descent.

After, Steve, Lukas, and Kenny review the Mets’ first trade of the winter. Spoiler alert: the give the trade a C-.

Finally, they look at a bunch of players availible in the Rule 5 Draft this upcoming Thursday and explain how these players might conceivably make the Mets a better team.

Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Ken (@kenlavin91).

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), Episode 28: Wilpons, Wheeler, and Other Former Mets Dec 06, 2019

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Welcome to Amazin’ Avenue Audio (The Show), the new/old favorite from Amazin’ Avenue editors Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore.

First up this week, Brian and Chris discuss the upcoming change in ownership, and the various aspects of that deal, including some wishful thinking and some, perhaps, some reluctance to acknowledge that the deal might not happen or, at very least, take a long time to work.

Next up, we discuss some of the Mets’ that fans didn’t acknowledge for their greatness at the time, and transition that into a discussion of the Mets’ new coaching staff.

We then discuss the trade for Jake Marisnick, and try to understand the seeming anger from certain corners of the fanbase over this trade.

Finally, we discuss the departure of Zack Wheeler, and the various aspects of this departure, from the price tag, to the avoidance of a trade at the deadline, to the lack of an extension a few years ago.

Chris’s Music Pick:

Altin Gün - Gece

Brian’s Music Pick:

75 Dollar Bill - I Was Real

If you’ve got questions that you’d like us to discuss on the air, email the show at aaaudiopodcast@gmail.com.

Make sure to follow the site on Twitter (@AmazinAvenue), as Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap). and Chris (@ChrisMcShane).

And, until next time, Let’s Go Mets.

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UnforMETable, Episode 31: Bill Pecota Dec 05, 2019

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Welcome to UnforMETable, an Amazin’ Avenue Audio show that looks back on less heralded, more obscure Mets players from the past.

Before Nate Silver borrowed his last name as an acronym for his baseball projection system, Bill Pecota was the quintessential utility player. He moved between AAA and the majors for the Royals so often, his teammates nicknamed him “I-29” after the interstate between Omaha and Kansas City.

Pecota was coming off a career year in 1991, when the Mets were looking to salvage some last glory days out of a 1980s near-dynasty running on fumes. He came to the Mets as a piece in a huge trade for Bret Saberhagen and—like the Mets franchise—had an incredibly disappointing 1992 season. Though he did manage to make a footnote in Mets history as the first position player to ever toe the rubber.

As always, you can listen or subscribe to this and all of our wonderful Amazin’ Avenue Audio podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

If you’ve got an idea for a player to be featured on UnforMETable, let us know in the comments.

Make sure to follow Rob on Twitter (@WolffRR), and you can now follow the show, too (@unformetable). Tune in next week for another tale from the Mets’ past.

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From Complex to Queens, Episode 36: Baby Yoda Mets Dec 02, 2019

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Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the podcast from Amazin’ Avenue focusing on the Mets’ minor league system.

First, inspired by Steve’s love of Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, the team ranks what 2019 West Virginia Power players they’d want in the Mets minor league system in Promote, Extend, Trade.

After, Steve, Lukas, and Kenny look at some of the more interesting names that played in the Dominican Summer League and/or Gulf Coast League in 2019. From Jace Beck to Josh Wolf and Robert Colina to Fernando Villalobos, they shine some light on an area that is often a black hole of information.

Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve (@stevesypa), Lukas (@lvlahos343), and Ken (@kenlavin91).

Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets!

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