New Mostly Mets Podcast. Toby and Ted tell tales of sunny Florida (while I talk about rainy Connecticut), we answer some email, twitter, and voicemail questions, and we try to figure out if the Mets can have their own Jeremy Lin. Also, Ted talks to Scott Hairston.

The iTunes link for rating, subscribing and other general iTunes stuff, is here. If you like, send us questions for the show by email (MostlyMetsPodcast at gmail), voicemail (347-915-METS), or by twitter (@PatrickJFlood, @tobyhyde, @OGTedBerg). High fives all around.

The Newest Mostly Mets Podcast. Toby, Ted and I discuss the beginning of Spring Training, answer some email and voicemail questions, Terry Collins’ early Spring affinity for saying crazy things, and Toby explains why he likes Mets prospect Juan Lagares so much. Also, Michael Jong of Fishstripes and Baseball Prospectus joins us to preview the Miami Marlins and wrap up our NL East preview.

The iTunes link for rating, subscribing and other general iTunes stuff, is here. If you like, send us questions for the show by email (MostlyMetsPodcast at gmail), voicemail (347-915-METS), or by twitter (@PatrickJFlood, @tobyhyde, @OGTedBerg). Thanks y’all.

The Newest of the Mostly Mets Podcasts, this time covering the passing of Gary Carter, the beginning of Spring Training, the best offense in the NL East, and the Dillon Gee vs Jeurys Familia argument in audible form. The iTunes link for rating, subscribing and other general iTunes stuff, is here. If you like, send us questions for the show by email (MostlyMetsPodcast at gmail), voicemail (347-915-METS), or by twitter (@PatrickJFlood, @tobyhyde, @OGTedBerg). Thanks y’all.

The Newest of the Mostly Mets Podcasts, this time with guest Joe Drugan of The Nats Blog. Joe fills us in on the goings-on in D.C. this winter, and Ted, Toby, and I talk about etymology of the Ancient Greek language . . . oh, wait, the Mets. We talk about the Mets. The iTunes link for rating, subscribing and other general iTunes stuff, is here. If you like, send us questions for the show by email (MostlyMetsPodcast at gmail), voicemail (347-915-METS), or by twitter (@PatrickJFlood, @tobyhyde, @OGTedBerg). And thanks for listening, those of you who do.

This one is fresh from the podcast oven. Do we make podcasts in the oven? Podcast skillet maybe? Podcast skillet.

Special thanks to Bill Baer, of Crashburn Alley fame and author of 100 Things Phillies Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, who joins us to preview the 2012 Phillies and makes us very sad to be Mets fans. The iTunes link is here, if you’d like to subscribe, rate, or download. This is a long one, so there’s a rundown after the jump:

2:00 – Rapid responses to many, many Twitter questions, including R.A. Dickey as a candy bar, the next Met traded, and the 2014 infield. And much more.
37:00 – Bill Baer from Crashburn Alley – NL East Preview Part 2: Why are the Phillies so good?
1:07:00 – The Most Valuable Met in 2014 Will Be
1:28:00 – Obligatory Bacon Discussion
1:36:00 – Ted proposes a revolutionary new sandwich
1:41:00 – Superbowl predictions

Newest Mostly Mets Podcast, featuring Craig Calcaterra of NBC’s Hardball Talk (where I get most of my general baseball news). Craig talks about the Braves, while Ted, Toby and I talk about the other teams in the NL East and the Mets’ probably-poor-pitching. Also, what the Mets bullpen might look like as a basketball team.

iTunes link is here for downloading and subscribing, if you’d like. Contact us with feedback and questions for the show via voicemail at 347-915-METS, or electronic mail at MostlyMetsPodcast at gmail.

The latest Mostly Mets Podcast. We discuss a big exclusive scoop, to what pitcher R.A. Dickey is comparable, outline the Mets’ roster and start the leadoff hitter debate. The iTunes link for rating, subscribing, loving and living, can be found here. Contact us via voicemail at 347-915-METS or by email at MostlyMetsPodcast at gmail.

Special guest Eno Sarris joins us to discuss his Mets/CRG scoop. The iTunes link is here, if you’d like to rate, download, subscribe, check out this “iTunes” thing, whatever.

One addendum: During our chat about Miguel Batista, I mentioned that there was a change in the new CBA that made it more difficult for teams to retain veteran free agents, like Batista, as depth in the minor leagues. Here’s a link explaining the changes in the new CBA. Specifically, I was speaking about this part:

Article XX(B) free agents signing minor league contracts who are not added to the Opening Day roster or unconditionally released 5 days prior to Opening Day shall receive an additional $100,000 retention bonus and the right to opt out on June 1

Article XX(B) free agents are players who become free agents after six years in the major leagues, e.g., Miguel Batista, Willie Harris, those kinds of guys.

My Dad: “Did you guys talk about bacon this week?”

Me: “You know, we don’t always talk about . . . oh wait. Yeah.”

Besides discussing bacon, we answer reader questions (from voicemail, email and Tweets) and spend too much time discussing the 39th and 40th spots on the Mets’ roster. If you love talking about the margins of a roster, this podcast is for you. As always, iTunes link is here, send questions and feedback by email to MostlyMetsPodcast at gmail or leave a voicemail at 347-915-METS. Thanks for listening.

Double duty on the Mets Podcast this week. The link to download, subscribe and rate is here, via the iTunes. Send us love at MostlyMetsPodcast at gmail, or leave us a message at 347-915-METS.

The rundown of this week’s episode:

0:00 Winter Meetings – Alderson’s Card Game with Brian Sabean
6:00 – Mets make moves. We talk about them. First, Angel Pagan for Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez
—- – The longest conversation about Ramon Ramirez in History
29:00 – We talk about Jon Rauch
34:00 – We talk about Frank Francisco
41:30 – How much will an improved bullpen help?
43:00 – What’s left on the Mets shopping list?
– 4th/5th OF
– Back up catcher
– Starting pitching?
1:02:00 – “The vest is like a mood-ring”
1:04:00 – Who’s the Met with the most trade value?
1:11:00 – Albert Pujols is making $68,000 per day! But can he be Ted Williams?