Amazin' Starts Here

Amazin' Starts Here on the field and in the booth! Keith Raad will be joining the Mets Radio team for the 2023 season after spending the last five years with Brooklyn as the "Voice of the Cyclones"

One of the toughest catchers in the system, Hayden Senger didn't make a huge splash in the 2018 MLB Draft. However, his defensive ability and offensive potential have rocketed him to the Mets Top 30 list, according to MLB Pipeline. The Cincinnati native talks about Cincy Chili, the Bengals, oh...and baseball.

One of the biggest men to take the field, 6-foot 8, 265-pound Bryce Montes de Oca is not only an intimidating human being but throws 100+ mph. He chats with Billy and Keith about the titanic journey filled with injuries in 2018, 2019, and 2020 to get to a mound for the first time in 2021.

Bryce Wheary transitioned from a job as the video coordinator for the Brooklyn Cyclones to the Low-A St. Lucie Mets Player Development Coach in one year. Hear from Bryce about how he took it upon himself to learn the technology used by big league clubs, used it on two projects, and parlayed himself into the fray with the New York Mets.

Gretchen Aucoin joins Amazin' Starts Here this week to talk about her brand new role with the New York Mets, joining on as their first-ever in-uniform and on-field female coach. Gretchen talks to Billy and Keith ahead of her first minor league baseball Spring Training and discusses the stops along the way that led her to her historic hire.

Josh Walker flew through the Mets minor leagues in 2021, starting at High-A and finishing at Triple-A -- one step from the major leagues. We check in with Josh to talk about his journey, including a car crash that slowed down his 2019 season and his long road back.

Canadian-born righty Calvin Zielger, the Mets top draft signee from 2021 joins Billy and Keith to talk about his first year in the organization and his experience having been in the states before.

Dominic Hamel joins the Amazin' Starts Here Podcast, breaking down what is takes to be a "spin rate monster" and talk about his journey from Arizona to junior college to Dallas Baptists, and then onward to the New York Mets. Hamel came to the New York Mets and the minor league system in 2021, drafted in the third round.

The Amazin' Starts Here Podcast returns for 2022 with former UCLA Bruin JT Schwartz, who the New York Mets drafted in 2021. Schwartz joins Keith Raad and Billy Harner to discuss his offseason, thoughts from his first year in the minor league system, and much more.

Eric Orze's story is incredible. A two-time cancer survivor, Orze is just getting started in pro ball -- a childhood dream come true. Currently with the Brooklyn Cyclones, the High-A affiliate of the New York Mets, Orze looks back at how he got to the minor leagues.

With a loaded roster of young talent, the St. Lucie Mets are worth a watch every single night. Citi Field may see a lot of these players in the next few years. Luckily for Adam MacDonald, the St. Lucie broadcaster, he watches them play every single night.

Mets Triple-A voice Michael Tricarico prepares fans for upgrades and renovations at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse and talks about the 2021 season to come.

Jacob Wilkins jumps into the booth for his second season with the Rumble Ponies in Binghamton. With prospects like Mark Vientos and Carlos Cortes, Jacob talks about all things Binghamton ahead of the season.

Robert Ford may currently call Houston Astros games on the radio, but he is a New Yorker who grew up rooting for the Mets and worked in the minor league organization. Ford worked with the Queens Kings, the predecessor to the Brooklyn Cyclones, and the Binghamton Mets with a few more stops along the way. He talks about his beginnings and how he is dealing with the difficulties of broadcasting through COVID protocols.

Garrison Bryant won the 2019 New York Penn League Pitcher of the Year Award with the Brooklyn Cyclones, despite not being part of the Mets Top 30 Prospect List. With the kickoff of minor league spring training, Garrison talks with Billy & Keith about life inside the new "bubble" ahead of the MiLB season.

Mets PR legend Jay Horwitz stops by the show on the 36th anniversary of Sidd Finch -- one of the great promotions in sports history in which the Mets were front and center. Jay and Billy reconnect over stories from Mets history and...Keith chimes in from time to time. Enjoy the show!

Mets beat writer Anthony DiComo, of MLB.com, joins Amazin Starts Here to talk about life as a journalist in the pandemic, covering Spring Training, talking prospects, and touching on his David Wright book "The Captain."

Ed Blankmeyer, a St. John's legend of 20-plus years as head coach, is set to manage High-A Brooklyn in 2021, but first he will run the alternate site just as he did last year. Blankmeyer talks with Billy & Keith about five major prospects who were at the alternate site last year, missing baseball, and getting into coaching.

Take an audio trip with us through the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum with its President, Bob Kendrick. It's an episode filled with stories and laughs and history that every baseball fan would appreciate. For more information on the Negro Leagues Museum visit nlbm.com.

Billy and Keith talk with Traer Van Allen, the GM in charge of the St. Lucie Mets and the home of New York Mets Spring Training. This episode is a great guide for fans heading to St. Lucie to catch a game, as Van Allen talks about protocols for health and safety.

Carlos Cortes can hit. He has since the Mets drafted him in 2018 out of South Carolina. However, he recently had the experience of playing in Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic when the country's levels were wildly lower than the United States.

Jaylen Palmer was born in Canarsie and attended Holy Cross High School in Queens before the Mets drafted him in the 22nd round in 2018. The journey from NY to pro ball is always difficult, especially going straight from high school. Follow Jaylen on social media @ucjp9.

Follow him @Jacob_Resnick on Twitter for all of his content and articles. Jacob has been covering the Mets minor leaguers for many years, which is ironic because he is the same age or younger than many of them. Jacob, Billy, and Keith talk about the current Mets Top 30 Prospect List and some important faces to watch in 2021.

Mets 2020 1st-Round Draft Selection, Pete Crow-Armstrong, joins the show ahead of his first Spring Training invitation. Keith, Billy, and Pete talk about Spring Training, life after getting drafted, Dom Smith, social justice, and the modern athlete on social media.

Start here! Keith & Billy intro the new project which will provide a platform to tell stories and conduct interviews with all things under the Mets roof. The new PDLs have been signed and the boys talk about the Brooklyn Cyclones' new league and touch on Syracuse, Binghamton, and St. Lucie.