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00:09Let me ask you this.
00:11How much of this turnaround we've seen from the Mets, if you want to call it that,
00:16since the All-Star break?
00:19They've been 16 and 12, 9 and 12 since the trade deadline of their last 12.
00:25Eight of those wins, of those 16 that they have since the All-Star break, are comeback wins.
00:31How much of this do you think has to do with Andy Green?
00:34How much of this?
00:35Oh, beautiful question.
00:36It is, because some people are going to say, see man, you had to get Mendoza up out of here.
00:40Now the vibes have changed.
00:41I'm not sure it's all that, but how much of this has to do with Andy Green?
00:46I look at it this way.
00:48When Carlos Mendoza was partnered with as Mets manager this year, what was the status of the club?
00:52Well, obviously they had been dealing with ailment, Soto and Lindor not really being able to be healthy around the
00:58same time,
00:58and obviously you had an offense that was just so anemic in the first half.
01:02Well, Andy Green and the New York Mets have basically been playing 500 baseballs since he's been interim manager.
01:08And throughout that time, we've seen not only adjustments made, but we've seen a mentality around the club
01:13that I think has been coming off infectious, leading to greater success.
01:17And one thing that always bothered me about Carlos Mendoza, former Mets skipper, from a managerial standpoint,
01:24was how much he continued to lack what felt like fire and proper direction for the club,
01:30meaning to really actually state things that are going to not go through one year now or the other,
01:34but resonate, you know, sit there, marinate, and actually let them reflect on that and say,
01:38you know what, I appreciate this.
01:40This was a good outlook to have.
01:41Let's carry this into the next game.
01:43It felt like the Mets were just dragging their feet for really a calendar plus year straight,
01:47incapable of rallying back late in ballgames.
01:50Let's not forget the Mets won an entire season without doing so, right?
01:53And now you see them eight games in their past 16.
01:56They're doing it.
01:57They've done it in the ninth inning multiple times this year as well,
02:00including the walk-off that we just saw.
02:03It's been great to see.
02:04And Andy Green has his hands all over this because it's not like the roster's drastically changed.
02:09If anything, it's gotten worse on paper.
02:11However, Juan Soto has not been here, and he's not going to be here for a bit of time still.
02:16You also had a bullpen that was one of the best in all the National League.
02:20The Mets trade everyone their mother away from it, and the one mainstay they still had in that bullpen
02:25is now on the ender list with no point in return as the one that'll be with a shoulder strain
02:29in Devin Williams.
02:29So, from the Jeffrey Yons to the, obviously, the Nate Lavenders, who has been so steady for so long now,
02:38and the Daniel Duarte's of the world, and so on and so forth.
02:42I mean, this reconstructed, rebuilt bullpen has been a stronghold.
02:46And look at Andy.
02:46Look at his decision-making when it comes to the bullpen.
02:49Right, Dex, I'm going to throw it back to you.
02:50What has impressed you most about Andy Green?
02:52Because, for me, it's a combination of the following.
02:54It's competent bullpen decisions, actually giving leashes to your starters,
02:58especially your young starters that you're bullish on.
03:00And it's an offense that is not being solely reliant on the righty-lefty splits.
03:05Have they done it to a degree?
03:06Yes.
03:06But Jared Young is getting praise for hitting both against righties and lefties,
03:11and that's thanks to Andy Green keeping him in there to do so.
03:13It's those little things, those minute details that Carlos Mendoza just felt like he was so steady
03:18and stubborn on not breaking away from that it ended up becoming a detriment for him
03:23and his tenure as a Mets manager.
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