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Luke Weaver Tells Us He's Open to Starting Again + Will Mets Avoid Collapse?

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Cal Raleigh has 56 home runs, and Aaron Judge is only one OPS-plus point off his 62-homer season.

1. The Show: A NY Post baseball podcast with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman centers this episode on Luke Weaver, the Mets’ playoff race, and the AL MVP debate between Cal Raleigh and Aaron Judge. 2. Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman host the episode, and Luke Weaver joins as the Yankees reliever whose role and free-agency outlook matter to the playoff picture. 3. The episode asks whether the Mets can avoid a collapse and whether Weaver’s Yankees can steady their bullpen before October. 4. Sherman and Heyman recap the Yankees’ 12-game stretch against four playoff teams, including three teams that were in first place when they played them, and note the team went 7-5. 5. They say the Yankees are close to locking in a wild-card spot, but the question remains whether they can secure home-field advantage as the top wild card. 6. The hosts contrast that comfort with the Mets, who have won two straight but are still only one and a half games behind the Diamondbacks. 7. They describe the Mets’ season as an 81-game stretch played at a 98-loss pace by percentage if the collapse continues. 8. Sherman and Heyman go through the tiebreakers, noting that the Mets and Diamondbacks are 3-3 head-to-head and that division record could decide things. 9. They also point to the Mets’ remaining games with Washington and Miami and say a loss on the final weekend could be decisive. 10. The hosts blame the Mets’ slide mainly on pitching, saying the starters, bullpen, and deadline additions all underperformed after the team’s strong early record. 11. They mention David Stearns’ press-conference acknowledgment that the deadline did not go well and note that several acquisitions “basically flopped except for Rogers.” 12. Sherman rejects the idea of a Mets curse or jinx and says the real explanation is that the offseason, deadline, and early-season assumptions were not as good as they seemed. 13. The MVP segment focuses on Cal Raleigh’s 56 home runs and his move ahead of Mickey Mantle for the most by a switch hitter in one season. 14. Heyman argues that catcher value matters because the position is physically and mentally demanding, and he says Raleigh’s season is being undervalued. 15. Sherman notes that Judge’s 8.4 Baseball-Reference WAR and Raleigh’s 6.5 leave room for disagreement, especially because different WAR systems disagree. 16. The hosts return to winning as part of value, saying they want to see what Judge and Raleigh do over the full 26 weeks before deciding anything. 17. Weaver then takes over the interview with detailed answers about the Yankees’ bullpen, his mental routine, and the pressure of pitching in New York. 18. His tone is direct and reflective, with long answers about confidence, readiness, and how he handles bad outings or high-leverage moments. 19. Listeners interested in Yankees bullpen usage, Mets standings math, and the Judge-Raleigh MVP race will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners who want tight interviews without long baseball debate may skip this one.

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A brisk Yankees bullpen discussion that widens to the Mets and the AL MVP race.

Luke Weaver anchors a brisk New York baseball discussion that starts with the Yankees bullpen and keeps circling back to the pressure of the late-season stretch.

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