Locked On Mets - Daily Podcast On The New York Mets

The New York Mets non-tendered one of their longest tenured players on Friday, cutting Dom Smith from the roster. Host Ryan Finkelstein reacts to the news and also breaks down all of the pitching depth the Mets have added over the last few days as they made a trade with the Marlins to acquire two arms and claimed another from the Braves off waivers. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Mets have met with Japanese free agent Kodai Senga and could view him as the perfect fit to join their starting rotation. What will the contract look like and is Senga a better bet than Chris Bassitt this offseason? Host Ryan Finkelstein breaks down the potential signing and also reacts to the news that the Mets and Yankees are being investigated for tampering. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the third time in his career, Justin Verlander won the Cy Young on Wednesday night. Could he win his next one in a Mets uniform? Host Ryan Finkelstein discusses the possibility of the Mets signing Verlander to replace Jacob deGrom next to Max Scherzer atop the rotation in 2023. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time in franchise history, the New York Mets have a Manager of the Year, as Buck Showalter takes home the award for the fourth time in his career. While the personal accolades are great, can Showalter shake the narrative that has followed him throughout his career when it comes to his lack of postseason success? Host Ryan Finkelstein discusses Buck's history and future with the Mets. He also breaks down their most recent acquisition, reliever Stephen Ridings. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ken Rosenthal reported on Monday that the Atlanta Braves are highly unlikely to sign Jacob deGrom in free agency. If not Atlanta, what teams could still be in on deGrom? Host Ryan Finkelstein breaks down where deGrom could land and why it seems increasingly more likely that he returns to the Mets. Also, Seth Lugo is receiving interest from teams to become a starting pitcher again. Does this mean he is out with the Mets? Finally, could Dom Smith or Darin Ruf be non-tendered on Tuesday? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Early in free agency, the New York Mets have reportedly shown interest in a pair of left-handed starters, Carlos Rodón and Andrew Heaney. Host Ryan Finkelstein breaks down each of their fits in Queens and discusses whether Rodón is a better fit with Max Scherzer atop the rotation with than Jacob deGrom. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Mets exercised their club option on Carlos Carrasco on Thursday, picking up the veteran's $14 million salary in 2023. Host Ryan Finkelstein breaks down the return of Carrasco, and also how that could have impacted their decision to not extend the qualifying offer to Taijuan Walker. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever since Jacob deGrom announced he would exercise the right to opt out of his contract after the 2022 season, there has been a narrative building that he is unhappy in New York. Yet any time we hear from him or his camp, we are told the opposite. What gives? Host Ryan Finkelstein aims to make sense of Jacob deGrom's free agency by focusing on what we actually know, rather than what we are being told by SNY and the New York Post. Every player has a right to exercise free agency and they should not be villainized for it. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Mets landed the biggest fish on the reliever market by re-signing closer Edwin Diaz over the weekend. Yet there is still a lot of work that needs to be done building out a bullpen. Host Ryan Finkelstein breaks down what is left in the Mets pen from last season and dives into free agency to fill out his ideal bullpen for the 2023 New York Mets. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to a report by Mike Mayer, the New York Mets are interested in signing Trea Turner this offseason. What would his fit be on the Mets and how much money would it take to sign him? Host Ryan Finkelstein discusses it all, as well as if this would mean the end to Brandon Nimmo's time in Queens. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Mets have re-signed Edwin Diaz, bringing back their All-Star closer after one of the best seasons in MLB history. Diaz is now the best-paid closer this game has ever seen, agreeing to a deal that guarantees him $102 million over the next five years. Host Ryan Finkelstein reacts to the news on Diaz, as well as the Mets decision to pick up their $1.5 million option on DH Daniel Vogelbach. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For today's Friday Farm Report, we are giving our Minor League Awards, acknowledging the top performers in the Mets farm system in 2022. Who was the top relief pitcher, starting pitcher and position player in the Mets farm system this year? And who was the biggest breakout star? Host Ryan Finkelstein is joined by social media coordinator Jordan Grossman to discuss it all. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Rhone The Commuter Shirt can get you through any work day and straight into whatever comes next. Head to rhone.com/LOCKEDON and use promo code LOCKEDON to save 20% off your entire order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After spending one season with the New York Mets, Chris Bassitt is set to hit free agency. Will he stay with the Mets on the qualifying offer or sign a long-term deal elsewhere? How much money will he receive in free agency and what teams will be interested in his services? Host Ryan Finkelstein answers all of these questions in a deep dive of his free agency. If you want to read Ryan's free agent profile on Chris Bassitt for Just Baseball, you can find it here: https://www.justbaseball.com/mlb/2023-free-agent-profile-chris-bassitt/ Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Rhone The Commuter Shirt can get you through any work day and straight into whatever comes next. Head to rhone.com/LOCKEDON and use promo code LOCKEDON to save 20% off your entire order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If Brandon Nimmo walks in free agency could former teammate Michael Conforto be the best bet to replace him? Host Ryan Finkelstein dives into what a return for Conforto would look like and how he would compare to Nimmo's production next season. Also could the Mets sign Jose Abreu with the difference in money between what Nimmo and Conforto will get in free agency. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Rhone The Commuter Shirt can get you through any work day and straight into whatever comes next. Head to rhone.com/LOCKEDON and use promo code LOCKEDON to save 20% off your entire order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Mets have a lot of needs this offseason if they want to become a World Series contender again in 2023. Host Ryan Finkelstein breaks down what is in store for the Mets this offseason, outlining all of their needs and how they can address them through free agency and the trade market. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! SimpliSafe With Fast Protect™️ Technology, exclusively from SimpliSafe, 24/7 monitoring agents capture evidence to accurately verify a threat for faster police response. There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. Visit SimpliSafe.com/LockedOnMLB to learn more. Rhone The Commuter Shirt can get you through any work day and straight into whatever comes next. Head to rhone.com/LOCKEDON and use promo code LOCKEDON to save 20% off your entire order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices