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Luke Weaver On Move To Crosstown Mets + Francisco Lindor Hand Injury, Juan Soto To LF & Answering Fan Questions!

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David Stearns said Juan Soto will play left field and Francisco Lindor is getting testing on Wednesday.

1. The Show: A NY Post baseball podcast with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman focuses on Luke Weaver joining the Mets and on Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor spring-training updates. 2. Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman host the show, and Luke Weaver joins as the Mets’ newest reliever after a run with the Yankees. 3. The episode asks what David Stearns’ roster changes, Soto’s position, and Lindor’s injury testing mean for the Mets’ 2024 plan. 4. Stearns announced that Juan Soto will play left field, and the hosts say Soto had been preparing there all offseason for the Dominican Republic and Fernando Tatis Jr. 5. Stearns also sent Francisco Lindor for testing on Wednesday, with a hamate stress reaction and a six-week surgery timeline discussed as the worst case. 6. Sherman presses the question of who will play shortstop if Lindor misses time, and Stearns avoids giving a direct answer about the backup plan. 7. The hosts connect the Lindor situation to a wider Mets roster turnover that Sherman estimates at roughly 40 percent. 8. Sherman argues that Soto and Lindor are the cornerstones of a new Mets core, and he says Stearns has more pressure than most executives to make the theory work. 9. Heyman responds that Stearns is not in danger of losing his job, but he still faces pressure because the roster changes are now clearly his imprint. 10. A listener asks about Carson Bench starting in left field, and the hosts say that question changed once Soto moved there. 11. Sherman says the Mets view Bench as one of the sport’s top 10 prospects, and Heyman says the club believes in him enough that he could start on March 26 against Paul Skenes. 12. Another listener asks about Mets expectations, and Heyman pegs them as a 90-win team that should be in the same range as last year. 13. Sherman says the Mets’ bullpen worries him more than the lineup, especially after the departure of Edwin Diaz and uneven recent seasons from Devin Williams and Luke Weaver. 14. The hosts also compare the Yankees’ roster concerns, especially the lack of quality at-bats at the bottom of the order and the shaky identity of the bullpen. 15. Sherman says the Yankees scored enough runs last year to lead the league, so he worries less about lineup depth than relief performance. 16. Weaver describes a free-agent market with double-digit teams checking in, including the Tigers, Cubs, Mets, and Yankees, and says timing determined how those talks unfolded. 17. Weaver says he wanted to stay with a winning club, calls the Mets a good fit, and says he has felt at home in New York because of Westchester, golf courses, trees, and neighborhood life. 18. The interview style is loose and conversational, with Sherman and Heyman asking Weaver about his role, his options, and the people in the Mets clubhouse. 19. Listeners who follow Mets-Yankees roster moves and baseball media routines will get the most out of it. 20. Listeners wanting deep on-field analysis without spring-training chatter may skip it.

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Spring-training Mets talk that centers Luke Weaver's move from the Yankees to the Mets.

Spring training settles into a looser baseball conversation once Luke Weaver joins Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman. It starts with Mets notes, then moves through Juan Soto's spot on the field and Francisco Lindor's spring-training status before getting into Weaver's move from the…

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