Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. The Mets had a rough weekend in Tampa Bay St. Petersburg, so we discuss the most painful way to lose a ballgame. We move next to our draft updates; Cam Caminitti and Carson Benge continue to excel, and the latter remains our preferred likely draft target. Moving on to the system performance this week, every level was middling record wise. There were a number of standout performers,...

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 celebrate Seymour Weiner. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen...

Grace is back after a less than stellar week in Mets baseball. She gets into the Mets recent woes, and some of the biggest problems they’re currently facing, both in terms of offense and pitching. She also gets into the recent news that Nike will be fixing the jersey problems, what they’ll be doing and how embarrassing all this has been. Then, Grace gives her ranking of the City Connect jerseys, now that the Mets and Rays jerseys have been released. She gets into what differentiates a great...

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...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. Mark Vientos just had a signature moment, so we discuss some other signature home runs from ahem marginal Mets 1B prospects of years past. For whatever reason, that Mike Jacobs debut home run still sticks in all of our memories, even 15 years on. For draft updates, Carson Benge is pulling away from the rest of the field in our eyes, especially after a five-homer week. The most recent BA...

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets played .500 ball against the Dodgers and Giants, and now are welcoming J.D. Martinez to the team as they return to the East Coast. Brian and Chris discuss that as well as talk about the rotation's lack of innings, the upper minors pitching depth, and Wilpon PTSD. Chris’s Music Pick: Wanda Jackson - The Party Ain't Over Brian’s Music Pick: Descendents - Milo Goes to...

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 celebrate Sean Manaea. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen...

Grace is back after a very exciting week of Mets baseball. She discusses the many highs, and a significant low, of the past seven days of Mets games. She also gets into the latest updates regarding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara’s gambling scandal. Then she gets into another case of draconian laws levied at queer people this, time from Kansas. The proposed bill would mandate ID for viewing content deemed “harmful to minors” online, and the definition of such content includes...

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 by discussing this good stretch of play the Mets are having (and against good teams!) thanks to contributions from up and down the roster, including from guys many people (including us) were skeptical of going into the season.  Next, we talk about the injuries to...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. It’s just Thomas and Lukas this week, so we go long on our discussion of the best City Connect uniforms. We’re a big fan of the Mets’ iteration, ranking it in the top tier below only the Nats and the Padres. Big win for the team, and it seems MLB is getting better at this over time. On the draft front, Michael Massey continues to struggle, while Cam Caminiti bounces back in a big way...

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 celebrate Tyler Jay. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever...

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets have had two very good weeks of baseball, capped off a by sweep of the Pirates at home. Before they head out to the West Coast, Chris and Brian discuss the surprising excellence of the bullpen, some of the offensive highlights, and admit they were wrong (so far) about one player in particular. Chris’s Music Pick: CV Vision - Im Tal del Stutzer Brian’s Music Pick: Arthur...

Flushing is Burning is back after a fun week of Mets baseball. Grace begins by talking about the Mets bounceback, and Brett Baty (and the teams) looser nature, with a clearly different vibe this year. She also discusses the upcoming City Connect jerseys, and Jackie Robinson and his impact. Next, she dives into the recent news surrounding the transgender sports ban executive order in Nassau County, New York. She talks about the news surrounding it and gives her thoughts on the ridiculous and...

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 by discussing the Mets’ turnaround over the past week, fueled by the offense finally waking up. We celebrate the hot bats of Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo, Jeff McNeil looking like Jeff McNeil, the consistency of Brett Baty, and the emergence of José Butto. Next, we...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. This week, our promote-extend-trade focuses on recent Mets crowd memes. The rally parakeet remains undefeated, but this year’s iteration ha some potential. Moving on to draft updates, Ken very well might’ve nailed the Mets’ selection, as Carson Benge continues to hit well and fits the Astros’ (and correspondingly, Kris Gross’s) draft history to a tee. Thomas and Lukas’s high school...

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 celebrate Max Wiener. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen...

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets bounced back and had a pretty damn good second week of baseball. Brian and Chris discuss the very brief Julio Teheran era, the bullpen churn, and the concern around the lack of J.D. Martinez. Chris’s Music Pick: Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Brian’s Music Pick: The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce...

Grace is back with another episode of Flushing is Burning. She does a first week heat check, discussing the bright spots and lowlights of the Mets season so far. She also wades into the discourse over arm health in baseball and what can or can’t be done to fix it. Next, she discusses Kim Mulkey and the Washington Post piece discussing her less-than-stellar coaching practices and her homophobic behavior. Grace laments the influence of Mulkey’s beliefs over young people, and how basketball (and...

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 by discussing the Mets’ rough start to the season, which is mostly due to the offense not performing. We also talk about Tylor Megill’s injury and Julio Teheran’s Mets debut, which went as expected. Next, we talk about Brandon Nimmo’s criticism of the new Fanatics...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. All the full season affiliates are under way now, so we discuss which roster’s we find most watchable for promote-extend-trade. Syracuse and Brooklyn are the favorites for sure, but Binghamton and St. Lucie certainly have their appeals as well. After our draft updates (every pick is looking good except for Lukas’ selection of Michael Massey), we jump into some of the most interesting...

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 celebrate Mandy Bell and Suzyn Waldman. You can listen or subscribe to all of our wonderful Home Run Applesauce podcasts through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify,...

Welcome to Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World Series, the new/old favorite from Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore. The Mets haven't gotten off to the world's greatest start, but Brian and Chris have different thoughts on the first six games of the season. And, of course, they discuss a roster move that is already moot by the time the episode got released. Such is life. Chris’s Music Pick: Woods - Strange to Explain Brian’s Music Pick: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer - But Who's Going to...

Grace is back for Opening Day! She opens up with the first couple games of the MLB season, including the very chaotic Mets first game of 2024. She also discusses the last major free agent domino that has fallen, and the injuries already beginning to crop up. Next, she gets into the drama surrounding Korbin Albert, the USWNT’s young up-and-coming midfielder. She is the new holder of the squad’s #15, recently vacated by legend Megan Rapinoe, and the ideological differences between the two could...

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 by discussing the mostly bad, but pretty eventful opening series of the year. We chat about the bad starting pitching and hitting performances, but also the silver linings, including the performance of Francisco Alvarez thus far. We also talk about the ongoing beef...

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, Home Run Applesauce’s podcast focusing on the Mets’ minor league system. We skipped promote-extend-trade this week and breezed through draft updates because It’s bold prediction time. Here are the flags the gang is planting this season: Lukas Vlahos Mild - Ryan Clifford hits 35 bombs  Medium - Mets have 6 top-100 prospects next off-season not accounting for trades Spicy - Rodriguez is a top-15 prospect in baseball Ken Lavin Mild - Jett Williams steals 60 or...