Are The Mets The Best Team in The National League?! | Mets vs Athletics Recap | Prospect Report
Are The Mets The Best Team in The National League?! | Mets vs Athletics Recap | Prospect Report  
Podcast: Meet at the Apple
Published On: Mon Apr 14 2025
Description: The Mets just took another series and might be the best team in the National League?! Vito Calise and Jonathan Baron break down Kodai Senga’s dominant start, Pete Alonso’s MVP-level plate discipline, and Brett Baty’s breakout weekend. Plus: how the Mets keep winning without Francisco Alvarez, Jeff McNeil, and Frankie Montas—and why the best might still be to come. Is this the deepest Mets team we’ve seen in years? We’ve got all the answers—and a full look at the red-hot Mets farm system. 00:00 - Are the Mets the best team in the NL? 00:38 - Mets take the series over the “Sacramento” Athletics 01:19 - Kodai Senga shoves in Game 3 02:24 - Why the A’s aren’t pushovers 04:00 - Sacramento stadium chaos (golf carts, dugout quirks) 05:06 - Top 5 moments from the Mets-A’s series 06:04 - #5 Shenanigans in Sacramento 09:39 - #4: Brett Baty’s breakout Sunday 15:22 - #3: Pete Alonso’s HR & elite plate discipline 17:16 - #2: Mets explode for 8 runs in Game 3 20:12 - #1: Kodai Senga’s Cy Young-caliber outing 22:01 - Why Senga is key to the Mets' postseason push 23:18 - Previewing Mets vs Twins, Cardinals & Phillies 24:18 - Weather watch: chilly Minnesota ahead 25:12 - Megill, Holmes & Canning = rotation depth 25:54 - The Big Question: Is this the NL’s best team? 28:01 - Elite pitching + power hasn’t even shown up yet 30:27 - Alvarez, McNeil, Montas, Nunez injury updates 32:05 - Mets rotation thriving even with key absences 33:10 - Bullpen weapons + Syracuse depth 34:46 - Cubs, D-Backs & key May matchups 35:25 - Minor League Report: Sproat, Suarez, McLean 38:10 - Cyclones: Suero, Serrano, Thornton shine 40:11 - St. Lucie: AJ Ewing goes deep 41:01 - Mets player development is loaded 42:19 - Matt Allan’s incredible comeback 43:10 - Ex-Mets Mike Vasil & JT Ginn off to hot MLB starts 45:06 - Subscribe + follow for more Mets content 45:26 - Masters weekend & random golf talk 47:02 - Outro & final thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices