Mets Snap the Slide + Jason Kipnis!
4/23/202647 min
Anthony McCarron, Mets analyst for SNY, joins Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker to detail the latest news around the team after snapping their 12-game losing streak last night. Anthony looks into what's behind New York's slow start this season, Bo Bichette's comfortability with his new club, and the next steps to right the ship. Later, two-time All Star Jason Kipnis (23:26) stops by to share his impressions of Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins during his time in Cleveland. Jason also discusses his experience battling through April struggles, the reality of George Springer's broken toe, the ever-persistent Guardians, and Juan Soto's radio silence on the IL. Jeff and Kevin wrap up today's show responding to your questions on the Backleg Line!
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First 90 secondsJeff Blair· Host0:00
[upbeat music] All right, welcome back to Blair and Barker, brought to you by Capital One. Capital One, giving Canadians credit for 30 years. The Blue Jays, we mentioned, have the day off, and, uh, they will return to action against the Cleveland Guardians tomorrow at the Rogers Centre with the first of three games. Uh, Max Scherzer on the mound for the Blue Jays. Gavin Williams on the mound for the Guardians. I know. [laughs] Yeah. Good matchup.
Kevin Barker· Host0:44
Well, yeah. Be fun.
Jeff Blair· Host0:46
Yeah, it will be. It will be. Matt, uh, Max Scherzer Friday night. There'll be a lot going on- Mm-hmm ... uh, at the ballpark.
Kevin Barker· Host0:53
Yeah.
Jeff Blair· Host0:53
It will be fun. Fun's probably not the word you would use to describe what the hell's going on with the New York Mets right now. Um, man, I, yeah, you know, I think back at the, the s- the start of the season, the expectations we had... Well, frankly, the expectations we had for both the Mets and Phillies, I kind of thought maybe the Phillies would be, that that window of opportunity was closing. But I just, I, I just kind of looked at the Mets roster and just assumed that the, the roster was so good, they're certainly gonna make the playoffs, if not necessarily win the NL East. They've gotten off to a, to a, to a horrendous