WEBVTT - Mets checkup w/Abbey Mastraco 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:06.520 Abby Mastraco joining us right now, a Mets writer for 0:00:06.559 --> 0:00:08.400 the New York Daily News. Excited to have her on 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:10.680 the show. Abby, thank you for joining us, and we 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:12.520 want to first to start with a nice and simple 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:16.200 state of the Mets. How does this team look compared 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:18.840 to last year? And I would like at least one 0:00:18.880 --> 0:00:21.200 inclusion of defense in there, since that was a problem 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:24.160 for them in their latest loss. But run prevention was 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:26.639 brought up ninety times in the offseason, your thoughts. 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:31.440 Run prevention was the sort of trendy buzz term over 0:00:31.480 --> 0:00:34.640 the winter. This is a team that is, you know, 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:37.839 it's the work in progress. They've got some really. 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:40.480 Good pieces and they've got some pieces that are still adjusting. 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:42.760 They're really good up the middle, more solid up the 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:47.159 middle of that includes run prevention, pitching, and defense. 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:49.479 But on the corners they're having some issues. 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:51.760 You know, they've got a lot of guys adjusting to 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:55.800 new positions. Bobachett at third base, first base, it was 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:59.200 supposed to be Jorge Polanco, now it's Marc Bianto's. Sometimes 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:02.360 the combination of Biento's or Brett Baty, Brett Baty than 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:07.080 the outfield. Sometimes the team has been I would say 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:09.440 at certain points better than last year, and at certain 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:12.880 points they've looked similar. So I think it's I've been saying, 0:01:13.319 --> 0:01:16.160 you know, since since since fen training started, this is 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:18.880 the high risk, high reward team. A lot of things 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:21.279 have to go right, but not everything goes right throughout 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.000 the course of a baseball season. And this is also 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.560 the Mets, so there's plenty of opportunity for things. 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.320 To go comically wrong. So it's it is a work 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:29.240 in progress. 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:34.320 Talking about that defense specifically, is there any hope that 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:38.360 this team finds this solidified lineup, because if you're trying 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:43.240 to please everybody, nobody gets better. I mean, obviously we're 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:45.840 talking about it today, but last night, the throat of 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:49.200 the plate wasn't really the issue that Mark Biento's made 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:51.760 just an absolute yard dart to the plate. It was 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:53.640 the fact that he chose to go home when there 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:56.000 wasn't going to be a play. But how can he 0:01:56.080 --> 0:01:58.680 be in that experience, Like if a coach hits him 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.280 a ground ball and they're like, hey throw it home, Mark, 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:04.000 Like he doesn't play there enough. Like if this is 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.800 a team that wants to win a World Series, are 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.239 they able to address the fact that there's just people 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:13.600 out of position that don't have experience in those spots 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:16.160 in big games, let alone in playoff games. 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:19.799 You know, I think what the Mets are sort of 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:22.519 hoping is that these early months are when they see 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.800 the biggest learning curve, and then as we get through 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.400 sort of the early months where they're adjusting to things, 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.720 learning new things, trying to figure out certain instincts, that 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.600 the defense is a little bit more solidified going into 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:37.519 June July. Now that's that's risky. But again, that's why 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.760 I said this is the hybrid ward teams. Would Jorge 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:44.079 Polonco have made a better play at first base last night, 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.280 I don't know, because we've only seen him play two 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.880 games at first base. He's dealing with the achilles ted 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.000 the night is. But he's also not a natural first baseman. 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:53.520 Mark Biento's has played a lot of first base, but 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:57.239 he's not a natural first baseman either. So the Mets 0:02:57.280 --> 0:02:59.720 have said that they're willing to live with the learning. 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:04.320 I just wonder how quickly this learned, you know, how 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.560 quickly these guys can make these adjustments before the Mets 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.600 have to start saying, all right, maybe we need to 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:14.760 figure out some solutions to solidify this defense all the corners. 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.120 Yeah, I think you hit that perfectly. I mean, you 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:20.240 think about the guys that you know, they got rid 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:23.000 of a Brandon Nemo who was fantastic, who's thriving over 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:27.040 with the Rangers, never even offered pet Alonzo at first 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.200 base and leaving and letting Edwin go. I mean, we 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.160 can go on and on about that, but I want 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.800 to talk about one person in specifically, Carson Bench. Young 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.480 man coming in, you know, all the hype, a little bit, 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.560 struggling a little bit, he's got one home run, four 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:41.160 hits out of thirty seven at bats. 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:42.839 What does it look like for him? 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:46.120 Are they just gonna let him keep pushing through until 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:47.760 they think, you know, it's not the right fit, or 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:48.840 until he snaps out of this. 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.760 You know, I think that they've got some positional versatility 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:54.920 if they want to then bene back to TRIAA to 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.400 figure it out. The one thing about Carson Bench is 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.520 that he's not really phased by anything. He's not phased 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:03.520 by these struggles, you know, to him, it's sort of 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:07.040 one pitch at a time. He's gonna take it. He's 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:10.160 gonna take things until he figures them out. You can 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.480 kind of see the wheels turning in each at bat. 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:14.600 He fells off a lot of pitches. He takes some 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.360 hard pitches, but yeah, there is there are some issues 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:20.960 with maybe some pitch selection, you know, maybe thinking a 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:22.920 bit too much of the plate sometimes, which is funny 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.120 talking to him the other day, he said, well, he 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:25.920 thinks that the plate. 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.760 He doesn't really think before he talks. He's just sort of. 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:32.200 A waid bat guy who isn't really intimidated by the 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:32.600 big lead. 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:34.360 So that can be a good thing or that can 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:35.000 be a bad thing. 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:39.680 And with you know, if the Mets are really confident 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:43.600 that Brett Bady can handle right field, then they wouldn't 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:46.800 they wouldn't hesitate to send Parson Benge to Triple A 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:49.400 to maybe get some confidence at the plate. They've also 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:51.920 got Tyrone Taylor, who is a very good outfielder at 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.920 all three outfield positions. So if they need to send 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.839 Bene down they will. I think at the moment they're 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.839 okay with letting him figure things out because they think 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:03.359 that he's got the right mental makeup to do so. 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:05.919 But you know, at some point, if he really is 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.360 unproductive at the plate. They are going to have to 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.240 make a move there to try and get him some 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:13.040 reps in a lower pressure atmosphere. 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:17.240 All right, talk about that offense, the offense that currently 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.760 does not have Wan Soda won the first four games 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:24.400 without him in the lineup. Francisco Lindor has been you know, 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:28.200 I'm not sure if he's taken the face mask off 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:30.800 his face, and you know, he's not enjoying this cold weather, 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:34.560 but he played in Cleveland. He's gonna like Wan Soto's 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.080 gonna come back. He was killing it when when he 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.160 was there. Francisco Lindor is gonna hit. And this team 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:43.919 is still treading water at a decent clip right now. 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:47.240 They're not lighting the world on fire. But is this 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:52.359 offense exactly what they built for this offseason? The fact 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.640 that they're like, it's totally fine, we don't know where 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:58.280 a lot of these guys are gonna play, but we're 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:01.480 gonna hit because we didn't put enough money into our pitching, 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.360 which is doing ridiculous right now. But we're talking about 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:04.839 the offense. 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:09.280 Yeah, I think this is this is the lineup that 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:12.200 they built and when when they're at their best and 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:15.720 they play very long, that's what David Stearns wants them 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.880 to be, and we have seen flashes of that in 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.480 a couple of games. What's happening right now is that 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.320 they're sort of all or nothing. They're feast or famine, 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.080 and a lot of that does go with Lindor. Historically 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:28.400 this team has gone the way that Lindor has gone, 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.760 and Lindor is also a historically slow starter. We've seen 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.040 this now a couple of years in a row, and 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:37.440 he sort of keeps up around May June. Good time 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:40.000 for that, but yeah, they could use they could use 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:41.000 a bit more production. 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:43.440 From him right now, especially without Juan Soto. 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:45.960 But I do think that they this is an offense 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.800 that's not built around one sort of big hitter or 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:52.800 one focal point. That was intentional by David Stearns because 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.240 he felt like in recent seasons they have been to 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:58.120 top heavy, they haven't been as deeper as long as 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.240 they've wanted to play. I don't think anticipated having the 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.280 same issues hitting with runners in scoring position that they 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.320 had last season. I think they anticipated that being something 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:09.920 they'd be much stronger at early in the season, especially 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:10.600 when you bring in a. 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.640 Guy like Boba Schet. But you know, so be it. 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:17.320 The entire offense is like I said, they're either overperforming 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:20.320 or they're underperforming. 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What Nolan McLean is going to be 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:07.680 able to do for this season? 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:09.559 I think so. 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:12.680 I think, you know, man, that start in San Francisco 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:15.120 was so impressive, the way that he was able to 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:16.960 lean on his cutter, that's not a pitch that he 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:20.319 throws very often, and just watching some of those pitches, 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:23.360 like watching the replays trying to slow them down the 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.680 break and the spin is just insane. And the fact 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:28.800 that he was able to make that adjustment and only 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:33.760 his tenth big league start, Nolan McLean is he's my 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.120 favorite one to watch right now. Honestly, Like I might 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:39.040 be biased, I shouldn't be as a beat reporter, but 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:42.160 like every start should be appointment viewing for him because 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.160 of what he's able to do when he gets in trouble. 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.280 I mean, we've seen two games when he hasn't even 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.320 been very pitch efficient, he'd gotten into some bad counts, 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.600 and yet he's been able to get himself in and 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.800 out of trouble. Sort of deafthly again, I go back 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.520 to that start in San Francisco. I thought he was 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.079 pitching pretty well, and then he gets up there and says, 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:03.439 I didn't even know that I was throwing a no 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.400 hitter or a perfect game because I just didn't have 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.520 my best stuff. But I didn't feel my best out there. 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:11.600 He didn't have a good feel for his pitches, and 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.920 he still managed to accomplish that. You know, last night 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.280 with another great start for him, he was at one 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:20.400 hundred pitches through into the seventh inning, so you know, 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.120 he can work on more pitch efficiency, and I think 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:26.280 as he gets through the season, understands the game plan, 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.839 understands the hitters a little bit better the big league hitters, 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:30.840 he's going. 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:31.240 To get there. 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.400 But right now what he's doing is it's so much 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:39.000 fun to watch. His stuff is just ridiculous. It's ridiculous. 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:39.720 It's so nasty. 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:44.760 Somebody else is pretty nasty right now for the Mets 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.880 and was above average last year for him was Clay Holmes. 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:52.360 Clay Holmes start to this year? Does it make New 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:56.560 York exhale a little bit knowing that they think Senga's 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.560 probably going to get hurt, knowing that Freddy Perolta, Oh no, 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.040 he's just number one that got brought in. But Clay 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:04.800 Holmes is the guy from last year that carried over 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:09.120 his success. And can they get more innings out of 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:12.360 him and not be the fore and dive that the 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:14.400 entire Mets rotation was last year? 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:17.760 Yeah, last year that was the big problem was starters 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.680 were ridiculously pitch inefficient and they were not able to 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:21.680 go deep into games. 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.240 That's a domino effect. Play. 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:27.240 Holmes is such a steady performer that it was like 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.880 sort of lost last year because he did hit a 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.640 wall after he reached a certain innings point at threshold 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:35.840 that he hadn't hit as a reliever in the past. 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.200 Well, okay, he pushed through that. He ended the season 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:38.800 really well. 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:43.040 He now has sort of a base to work off 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:45.800 of this season and as long as he kicked the 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:47.360 ball on the ground, which he understands. 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:49.920 There were times last year where he found himself trying. 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.160 To miss bats too many times, and he learned from that, 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:57.360 and Play is He's a really intelligent pitcher. He's one 0:11:57.360 --> 0:12:00.199 of my favorite to talk to, and he just bring 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.880 such a steady presence in the clubhouse, in the rotation. 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.600 I think the play is going to have a really 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.120 quietly good season. I don't think he's going to be 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.240 getting all the attention at like Nolan McLean. He's not 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:16.319 the flashy guy. Todi Singa is probably going to get 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:19.040 a few more headlines. But yeah, I think play Holmes 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:21.200 is set up for a really big season, even if 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:22.559 it kind of goes under the radar. 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.360 I want to talk about what happened the other day 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:33.119 with with with Peterson or David Peterson and Carlos Mendoza 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:36.880 I've been in those locker rooms. I've been, I've been, 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:39.920 I've played with the met I understand how the media 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:43.480 works a little bit. Carlos, the manager, was talking about 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:45.600 one thing about what he might have needed to work 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:49.520 on and execute, and then David came through and said, hey, listen, 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:52.040 I actually thought I needed to do better in this 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:54.640 kind of pitch and the sinker they were talking about, 0:12:54.880 --> 0:12:59.000 can you talk about the miscommunication or are we blowing 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:00.400 this up a little bit too much? 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.600 I think maybe if it happens a couple more times, 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.240 if it happens in another start further down the line, 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:09.520 then yeah, we're going to see that maybe they're on 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:10.439 two different pages. 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:12.880 But you know, yesterday talking. 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:16.480 To Mendoza, he had said, well, we looked back at 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:20.120 some of PD's things. Ndoza stood by what he said 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.000 and he said that they were able to sort of 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.760 get on the same page yesterday after going over his start. 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:27.920 So I think maybe. 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:30.440 If it happens again, yeah, then you got to wonder, 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.199 are these guys on the same page with the pitching group, 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:36.040 with you know, with the manager. It is a new 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.280 pitching coach and there's always going to be some adjustments 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:42.280 when you've bought a new staff. So far, the reports 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.480 on Justin Willard have been really good. Players really like 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:46.880 dealing with him. They feel like he relates really well 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:50.120 to them, and he is able to break things down 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:53.200 in ways that individually everybody is able to sort of 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:58.559 digest the information and understand. So, you know, Peterson hit 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:01.000 a wall last year, a similar to play homes when 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:02.920 he hit a certain inning spreshold. 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:06.200 Managed to push past it. He learned a lot from that, 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:06.680 But you. 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:10.200 Know, I don't think he anticipated hitting one early in 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:11.679 the season or this early in the season. 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.720 Especially. He felt really great coming out of spring training. 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.360 He looked pretty great coming out of spring training, So 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.360 maybe this is just sort of a couple of bad 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:24.120 starts that he's able to work through. And also that 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:27.920 was sort of like, you know, heat of the moment postgame. 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.560 He had just come out of the game when he 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:32.480 talked to the media. And I'll be honest, I wasn't 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.680 actually there that game. I was in California with my 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:39.240 nieces watching K pop demon Hunters all and stuck in my. 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:41.040 Head for the last few days. 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:43.120 I did go back and watch that game, though, and 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.640 I talked him and Dove about it. Yesterday, it seems 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:49.200 like everybody is okay right now. I am curious to 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:51.360 see what happens in the next few starts though, and 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.520 again if this happened later in the thevinight. 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.440 Abby, you are are representative from the New York media, 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.720 and we're so glad that you're on the show today 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:03.200 because yesterday somebody on our show said, well, you know, 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:06.280 sometimes you know people from the New York media, you know, 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.160 they can like kind of twist some stuff and then 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.200 they go to this guy and they go to that guy. 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.600 I won't say who it was that said this, but 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.440 it was on our show. So can you give us 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:20.080 Todd Ta ta Todd, don't interrupt my question? Okay with 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:26.280 your with your hand gestures. So can you be our 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:31.440 media representative for New York and explain how these stories 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:38.160 either a get embellished or B are fair in a 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:43.120 city that is notoriously considered tough. Sure. 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.800 So, I've been in New York for almost ten years. 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.920 I came from California, from the Lost Angelets market, which 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.080 is very different. So I think I've sort of been 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:53.360 able to, I don't know, sit back and watch it 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:56.960 from a different perspective, and yes, things do get taken 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:01.040 taken out the contact, or blown out of proportion at times. 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.080 This is a passionate fan base. This is the passionate 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:04.840 media market. 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:05.720 You know. 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:08.920 I think the best way that the term I heard 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.280 when I first moved to New York was that Yankees 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:15.120 fans have expectations, Mets fans have hope. So when you 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:18.480 see when reporters see things that are maybe blowing up 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.960 on social media, oftentimes we'll get a call from our 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:25.640 editor saying, blow this up even more. The good editors 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:28.800 are going to say, hey, is there anything to this? 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:32.960 Should we be looking into this more? Is this just 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:38.600 fanned backlash? Or you know this was on wsan is 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:42.000 you know Joe from Staten Island with Colin and screaming 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.560 and wfan Is there any merit to this? 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.360 The good editors are going to ask if there's merit 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:46.560 to this? 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:48.640 But I do think that a lot of things get 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:52.240 one out of proportion by you know, not necessarily the 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.400 beat reporters, but some of the reporters who just drop 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:59.640 in periodically and then they have to give their takes 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:03.440 that what they're paid to do. Or it's the aggregators 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:07.760 who will use what we report and put a different 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:08.520 headline on it. 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:10.600 I try to be very fair. 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:11.400 That's my goal. 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:14.280 I do think I still have some laid back California 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:19.160 in me where I'm not necessarily looking for the sexy headline. 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:22.280 I'm just sort of trying to understand all parts of 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:25.040 the situation before i make a determination. 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:27.880 But yeah, this is New York. 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.879 Things are going to be bigger Here's that can be 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:33.480 a really intimidating thing. 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:36.080 For some players. That can be a really annoying thing. 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.920 I think sometimes players know how to cut through that 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:45.480 and understand which reporters can be trusted and which reporters 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:47.960 they might want to stay away from, or just choose 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:51.040 their words more carefully. That's where I think being a 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.440 Beat writer is a little bit different, because, yeah, I'm 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:55.399 on the road with these guys. I'm getting to know 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.159 them from spring training. I ask about their kids, not 0:17:58.520 --> 0:18:01.320 just after a game at about their worst performances. 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:03.080 You know, I'm there from the Beat. 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:06.320 Reporters are there from day one until I mean all 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:09.560 your buntins really so look, it's a lot of fun 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.359 in New York. But it can also be It can 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:17.399 test your media literacy, It tests your sort of BS 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:22.919 detector for lack of a better term, but things are 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:23.920 bigger here for a reason. 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:24.920 Things matter here. 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:28.639 People care, Yeah, they care, right, you want that passion? 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.399 I mean that drives the sport and the industry in 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.919 this area. It was great answer and the one thing 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:36.800 I also did want to highlight because I didn't think 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:41.160 about this as much until now. The sports radio scene, 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:43.760 which now turns into also a podcast scene in New 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:48.159 York can get very aggressive and competitive. And with that 0:18:48.880 --> 0:18:52.840 you do sometimes see a sports radio host throw a 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:56.760 rumor out there and it is complete bs, but it 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.359 drives them for the week. They get in fights with 0:18:59.480 --> 0:19:02.399 each other. You know, all of this, But that's a 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:03.800 great That is a great example. 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:04.320 That's true. 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:08.040 There's sports radio in almost every city, but it really 0:19:08.200 --> 0:19:10.400 started in New York in the way that it does. 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.760 And I think it's even gotten crazier now, Abby because 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:16.879 it's so competitive in the space to get through the noise, 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:18.680 when it used to just be, oh, sports talk, you 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:20.359 go to the radio, Now you can come to our 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:21.920 so you can come to a million other shows and 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.680