A Pod of Their Own, Episode 239: Pete 243 

This week, the Mets are rising in the standings and we talk about Ronny Mauricio’s 2025 debut, Pete Alonso passing David Wright on the Mets home run list, Francisco Lindor’s heroics, and the excellent problem of the Mets having too many good major league pitchers. 

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 getting the job done by winning the season series against the Dodgers and sweeping the Rockies. The Mets have gained ground on their division rivals and now have a 4.5 game NL East lead. The Mets’ big hitters are also all rolling. Pete Alonso reached a major milestone this week, passing David Wright on the Mets’ all-time home run list. Francisco Lindor is still doing Francisco Lindor things, even on a broken toe. And Juan Soto appears to have his groove back.

We also discuss the latest roster notes, including Mark Vientos’ injury and Ronny Maurcio’s promotion and the tough decisions the Mets will soon have to make regarding their pitching staff.

In the second half of the show, we shout out Willi Castro for his small display of trans pride and get excited about the Pride Ball.

Finally, we wrap things up with Walk-off Wins, where each of us talks about what’s making us happy this week, baseball-related or otherwise. 

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