Locked On Mets - Daily Podcast On The New York Mets

Edwin Diaz just put together one of the greatest season in MLB history for a closer and is now set to cash in as a free agent. Could he set a new benchmark for relievers and become the first to ever receive a nine-figure contract? Host Ryan Finkelstein does a deep dive into Diaz's free agency, going through the path he took to get to this point and predicts how much money he will get with the Mets. Also, Noah Syndegaard is set to start Game 3 of the World Series, seven years after he started Game 3 for the Mets in the 2015 World Series. 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

Aaron Judge is by far the top available free agent this offseason, while Shohei Ohtain could be dealt a year before he becomes the top free agent next offseason. Who would you rather have playing for the New York Mets in 2023? Host Ryan Finkelstein dives into the fit for both of these perennial MVP-caliber players and who makes the most sense on the Mets next year, while also examining which acquisition is more realistic. 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

Brandon Nimmo is entering free agency at the perfect time, as he just put together the best season of his career. Where will he sign and for how much money? Host Ryan Finkelstein gives his full free agent breakdown of Nimmo, starting with his path to free agency, to projecting his contract and pinpointing five times who could be landing spots for the center fielder. If you want to read Ryan's free agent profile on Nimmo, you can find that here: https://www.justbaseball.com/mlb/2023-free-agent-profile-brandon-nimmo/ 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

Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom grabbed all the preseason headlines, but injuries limited both of the Mets aces this season. Pitchers like Chris Bassitt, Carlos Carrasco, Taijuan Walker and David Peterson stepped up in their absence to help make the Mets a 101-win team. But who was the most valuable pitcher on the roster? Host Ryan Finkelstein discusses who brought the most value to the mound for the Mets in 2022 and wonders if it was actually closer Edwin Diaz. 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

Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo all had fantastic seasons in 2022, but which Mets player was the most valuable? Host Ryan Finkelstein looks to answer the question by doing a deep dive on the production the Mets received from their stars this season. Also for the Mets to have an even better year in 2023, what should we expect from New York's star players? 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 Philadelphia Phillies are going to the World Series. How did we get here? Host Ryan Finkelstein discusses the Phillies run and how Mets previous mistakes have been on full display throughout the playoffs. Players who the Mets should have signed previously like Zack Wheeler, J.T. Realmuto and Kyle Schwarber are all playing pivotal roles for the Phillies. Not to mention Bryce Harper, who is having a remarkable run through the playoffs and was free to be signed by anyone just a few years ago. Would things be different if Steve Cohen owned the Mets when Harper was a free agent and will they let a similar opportunity pass them by this offseason with Aaron Judge set to hit the open 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

The Gold Glove Award finalists were announced on Thursday and only one Met was named a nominee in Tomas Nido. Was Jeff McNeil the biggest snub on the Mets? Host Ryan Finkelstein discusses the flawed Gold Glove voting and also, for a Friday Farm Report, we dive into the Arizona Fall League. Which Mets prospects are taking part in the AFL and who from the group has the best chance at becoming an impact player for the Mets one day? 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 big ticket free agents this offseason, with Jacob deGrom, Edwin Diaz and Brandon Nimmo, who could cost a fortune to retain. Yet if we look at the market, could the best course of action be to run it back with all three? Host Ryan Finkelstein makes the case for why the Mets should be bringing all three top free agents back next year to bank on this team to have better success in 2023. He discusses the internal improvements that could take place to put the Mets over the top and also where the team would still need to improve within the margins. 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

One option the Mets have this offseason to replace Brandon Nimmo in the outfield is to move Jeff McNeil into right field and have Starling Marte return to his natural position of center field. This would then free the Mets up to sign one of the top tier free agent infielders on the market, such Trea Turner or Xander Bogaerts. Host Ryan Finkelstein explores if this is the best course of action for the Mets, or if they would be better served keeping their own team together and bringing back Nimmo. 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

When the New York Mets signed Max Scherzer to a three-year, $130 million contract last offseason, they were betting on the upside of pairing him with Jacob deGrom for a playoff run. While their first year didn't go as planned, is the upside to great to a pass up doubling down on them again? Host Ryan Finkelstein makes the case for why keeping deGrom and Scherzer together should be the Mets top priority this offseason. 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 Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers each got to skip the Wild Card round of the playoffs with byes but met hot teams in the NLDS and were toppled in embarrassing fashion. Does their failure make the Mets' one a bit easier to swallow? Host Ryan Finkelstein explores the conflicting emotions of seeing the Braves and Dodgers eliminated, but at the hands of another division rival in the Phillies and the team that beat them in the Padres. Also, what can we take from how the playoffs have gone so far with how the Mets need to build out their roster next season? 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 big free agent decision to make on Brandon Nimmo this offseason. Can they afford to let one of the best all-around center fielders in baseball walk in free agency? Host Ryan Finkelstein discusses Nimmo's career year and what type of contract he could command in free agency. He also goes through a few of the Mets other options if they fail to sign Nimmo, such as reuniting with Michael Conforto. 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 are reportedly looking to lock up Edwin Diaz on a new contract before he hits the open market according to Mike Mayer of MetsmerizedOnline.com Should the Mets sign Diaz to the largest contract a reliever has ever received, even if that number crosses $100 million? Host Ryan Finkelstein discusses the report and why the Mets have no other options but to re-sign Diaz based on the other closing options on the market. If you want to read the report, check it out here: https://metsmerizedonline.com/sources-mets-hoping-to-sign-edwin-diaz-before-free-agency-starts/ 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

For the first time in his career, Jacob deGrom will be a free agent this offseason, where he will be looking to become the highest-paid pitcher in MLB history. Should Steve Cohen write him the check? Host Ryan Finkelstein dives into deGrom's free agency, considering his injury history but also his elite production on the mound and significance to the franchise. He details a contract structure that could work for deGrom and the Mets, but also details where deGrom could land if he signs elsewhere, as well as what the Mets would do without him. 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 NLDS begins today, but the Mets are absent. We begin our offseason coverage looking at who from the Mets roster will be playing for a different team next year. Host Ryan Finkelstein looks at each free agent case, as well as players with options and those who have worn out their welcome (ie. Dom Smith and James McCann) to explore who will be back next year. Could the playoffs have been the last time we see homegrown stars Brandon Nimmo and Jacob deGrom in a Mets uniform? Will Steve Cohen make Edwin Diaz the most well-paid closer in MLB history? 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