Podcasts about leadoff spot

With the trade deadline just a little over 24 hours away MLB.com's Anthony DiComo sat down with Pat McCarthy to provide some clarity on what direction fans can expect as things get down to crunch time for the Mets Front Office.

After a brief stint down at AAA Syracuse Francisco Álvarez is back behind the dish for the Mets and Pat McCarthy caught up with the catcher to discuss the mindset of controlling what you can control and what it's like to grow in the organization alongside Brett Baty and Ronny Mauricio.

Pat McCarthy sits down with Mets pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and Jeremy discusses tonight's starting pitcher, Frankie Montas, the current state of the bullpen, how injuries have affected the pitching staff, and more.

Fresh off his 2 innings of scoreless relief in Game 1 against the Giants Mets Pitcher Rico Garcia met up with Pat McCarthy to discuss the rollercoaster experience that is pitching in the Major Leagues along with the baseball culture in his home state of Hawaii.

There's a new class of Hall of Fame inductees in Cooperstown, including Billy Wagner. Former Mets pitcher Steve Trachsel chats with Pat McCarthy about Billy's impact on the team.

Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns spoke with the media and addressed the team's acquisition of reliever Gregory Soto, the current trade market, and other potential areas of interest for the team as they approach the trade deadline.

Baseball Hall of Fame member Joe Torre is back in Queens and he sat down Pat McCarthy to discuss the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation's origins and mission along with relationship with David Wright.

Get to know Clay Holmes on today's Leadoff Spot as he sits down with Pat McCarthy as Clay gives a look behind the curtain, detailing his first car, dream car, college football, dream vacations, and more.

Francisco Alvarez speaks with the media after being called up to rejoin the Mets ahead of tonight's game. Alvarez discusses his performance in the minor leagues, the changes to his hitting approach, and what it means to be back in Queens. Also hear from David Stearns as he discusses what he thinks Francisco improved upon most during his time with Syracuse

Mets reliever Brooks Raley has been has been out since early in the 2024 season due to Tommy John surgery, but yesterday he was finally activated from the IL. Raley speaks with Pat McCarthy ahead of today's game.

Cliff Floyd was a long time teammate of David Wright and today he's back in Queens and ahead of the ceremony he met with Pat McCarthy to discuss his thoughts on the day along with their relationship.

Former Mets manager Terry Collins sits down with Pat McCarthy and talks about what this weekend means for him personally, the franchise, and what his memories of David Wright were during his seasons as David's manager.

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Leila Rahimi and Marshall Harris were joined by Cubs outfielder Ian Happ to discuss his struggles at the plate and his feelings about getting moved out of the leadoff spot.

Mets pitcher Chris Devenski discusses the longevity of his career, and experience in the Mets organization.

As the Third Base Coach Mike Sarbaugh's decisions to send or not to send a runner can decide a game and he met with Keith Raad to discuss the prep work behind the position along with the touch that is needed to make the correct decision to best help the team win.

Former Mets broadcaster and current Royals broadcaster Jake Eisenberg sits down with Keith Raad as Jake gives an update on the Kansas City Royals this season and their star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr.

After making his Major League Debut just a few days ago Alex Carrillo talks about the biggest things that stuck out to him with Keith Raad.

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Following his activation from the injured list earlier today, Jesse Winker spoke with the media and discussed the rehab from his injury, his relationship with his teammates, and what it means to be back with the team.

The Yankees Radio color commentator joins Keith Raad to discuss the Yankees' rough stretch ahead of the final game in the Subway Series.

We are 2 weeks away from David Wright's jersey retirement and Keith Raad caught up with former teammate John Franco to talk about some of his memories from playing together along with what it means to be a captain in the MLB.

Mets Shortstop Francisco Lindor will be representing the Mets at this month's All-Star Game for the first time later this month and he sat down with Keith Raad to give his reaction sharing the honor with his family before getting into the Subway Series matchup.

Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns speaks with the media about the roster construction of the team, dealing with the recent injuries to the pitching staff. He discusses the variety of ways the team can progress through this stretch, including the possibility of calling up young prospects to make starts.

Former Brewer Tyrone Taylor talks with Keith Raad ahead of Wednesday's doubleheader between the Mets and Brewers. Tyrone discusses the deal that sent him to New York, if he still talks to former teammates from his time in Milwaukee, and the players meeting that the Mets held over the weekend.

Mike Johnson, Beau Morgan, and Ali Mac continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Braves losing two out of three games in their three game series versus the Philadelphia Phillies over the weekend, including a 2-1 loss to the Phillies yesterday. Mike, Beau, and Ali also debate if it would benefit the Braves to take Ronald Acuña Jr. out of the leadoff spot and move him down a little bit in the lineup.

Will Sammon, Mets writer at The Athletic, comments on yesterday's team meeting.

After making his return from the Injured List in last night's game Mark Vientos takes the field for the first time and the Mets Third Baseman sat down with Keith Raad to discuss the hamstring recovery process along with what he noticed about his season over his break in action.

Pirates broadcaster Joe Block speaks with Keith Raad to discuss the current state of the Pirates, as he discusses where the team is heading as they approach the Trade Deadline and look ahead to the 2026 season.

Ryne Stanek reached career strikeout number #500 in last night's victory over the Braves and today he met with Keith Raad to discuss his feelings surrounding the accomplishment along with the staying power that's needed to not only get to that number but be a major league reliever.

The former all-star shortstop reflects on his time with the New York Mets, playing with David Wright and he has been doing post-career.

Manaea speaks with the media after his return to pitching is delayed.

Ronny Mauricio talks with Keith Raad about returning to who he is as a ballplayer after the injuries, and the difficulties of the rehab process throughout 2024.

The former Phillies player and current radio broadcaster catches up with Pat McCarthy before the series ender.

Mets Catcher Francisco Alvarez will have a front row seat to every pitch thrown in tonight's start from Griffin Canning and ahead of the game he met with Pat McCarthy to discuss what he's expecting from his battery mate in addition to how he and the rest of the lineup will look to attack Mick Abel.

Despite the team's losing skid, Pete Alonso believes the team is still in a very good spot and he spoke with Pat McCarthy about his belief in himself and his teammates.

Nobody knows the Mets and Braves rivalry better than Jeff Francoeur who sat down with Pat McCarthy to discuss the Braves early season struggles and how he believes that this series against the Mets can help them turn things around.

David Peterson got his outing against the Braves started a little late thanks to a rain delay and he met with Pat McCarthy to talk about how that might effect his warmup routine along with how he can continue his recent dominance on the mound.

Earlier today Mets Starting Pitcher Tylor Megill went on the IL with an elbow strain and he met with the media to discuss the injury and what his hopes are for the recovery process.

Andy Freed, radio voice for the Tampa Bay Rays, talks about the Rays' season so far with Pat McCarthy.

Mets Pitcher Justin Garza is just another in the long line of Mets acquisitions as he was acquired from the Giants a week ago and he met with Pat McCarthy to discuss the process of being traded along with how playing MLB The Show helped him with the craft of pitching.

The Mets President of Baseball Operations speaks with Pat McCarthy about what has worked for the team this season, the Kodai Senga injury, the importance of acquiring depth, and the emergence of Huascar Brazoban.

It's been 30 years since the start of the Home Run Challenge and today Pat McCarthy got the opportunity to sit down with Michael Milken to discuss his history and the history of the program.

Tyrone Taylor sits down with Pat McCarthy and discusses his dream car, road trip, celebrity look-a-likes, and much more on tonight's Leadoff Spot.

It's Sundays with Gibby! John Gibbons turns 63 today. He catches up with Pat McCarthy on today's Leadoff Spot.

Ryne Stanek got out of a massive jam in game one against the Rockies and today he met with Pat McCarthy to discuss the emotions that follow a moment like that along with how important team chemistry is over the course of a Major League season.

Old friend Adam Ottavino stopped by the Leadoff Spot today to discuss with Pat McCarthy the difficulties with pitching in altitude along with his thoughts on the Colorado Rockies as a whole.

In hour 1, the WIP Midday Show want to move Bryson Stott off of the leadoff hitter spot after failing to make much impact! And, with the Phillies starting to show flaws at the plate it's best to solve them now! The only thing the WIP Midday Show is split is what should the Phillies move to fix this batting order? Kyle Schwarber to lead off? Or even Trea Turner to lead? Who do you think the Phillies should move to lead off or should they just keep Stott there?

The Phillies dropped a game they had no business losing with the defense and pitching only allowing 2 runs! But as hitting continues to be an issue particularly at the top of the order the WIP Midday Show believes it's time to move Bryson Stott off the leadoff site! What would you change about the Phillies lead off spot if anything at all?

Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed how Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong fared in the lead-off spot and which player is best-suited in that spot for the club.