Welcome back to A Pod of Their Own, an all-women led Home Run Applesauce podcast where we talk all things Mets, social justice issues in baseball, and normalize female voices in the sports podcasting space.
This week, we begin with a discussion about the starting rotation—the strong work by José Quintana and Luis Severino the past couple of days and also Adrian Houser’s struggles. Though Carlos Mendoza has said Houser’s spot is safe for the time being, we wonder if the Mets’ hand will be forced given the other options they have; Christian Scott is knocking down the door to the major leagues, Tylor Megill and David Peterson are rehabbing, and even Joey Lucchesi has a good ERA in Syracuse.
We also celebrate the work that the bullpen has done lately, despite the roster churn due to injuries, including the continued emergence of Reed Garrett as a legitimate high leverage reliever and the return of Sean Reid-Foley. We also shout out Mark Vientos for his first huge moment as a Met—his walk-off home run on Sunday.
Next, we talk about the league’s plans to rectify the Nike/Fanatics jersey fiasco, as Brandon Nimmo—poster child for the jersey revolution—laments the fact that the Mets cannot wear their blue or black alternate jerseys because they do not have the pants.
Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise.
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