We say hello again to Sean Manaea, coming back to the Mets after dabbling in free agency. We say goodbye to Rickey Henderson, the leadoff legend for all time (15:00). We say hello to Curtis Granderson’s name on the Hall of Fame ballot and remember what made him such a special player in Flushing. And we say goodbye to 2024 on National League Town by noting a change to our lineup for 2025 (38:15). Happy new year to all NLT listeners from Greg and Jeff...and as always, Let’s Go Mets.

A fifteen-year contract suggests Juan Soto will be spending the rest of his baseball-playing life as a New York Met. The number 5 in the Citi Field rafters confirms David Wright has been, is and will always be a Met for life. The way he’s conducted himself tells us Art Shamsky has devoted much of his life to the legacy of the 1969 Mets. National League Town hopes you’ll have the time of your life listening to Greg and Jeff talking about each of them.

Juan Soto is a New York Met. What else is there to say? Whatever it is, Greg and Jeff couldn’t be happier to say it.

We welcome Frankie Montas to the New York Mets. We welcome Jose Siri to the New York Mets. Given the chance, we will welcome Juan Soto to the New York Mets. The so-called “golden at-bat” Rob Manfred is reportedly buzzing about? We show that concept to the door.

It’s Thanksgiving week, so let’s be thankful that as lifelong baseball fans, we’ve been fortunate enough to experience quite a few ballplayers still around to be reminded by fans that they’ll never be forgotten. Join Greg and Jeff in appreciation of some legendary players, Met and otherwise, who made indelible marks on the game we love.

National League Town looks back at three baseball legends who’ve recently passed: the most prolific hitter of all time; the pitcher who generated a mania all his own; and a cat we couldn’t hear enough about. Join Greg and Jeff as they remember Pete Rose, Fernando Valenzuela and, yes, Hadji.

Click and refresh all you like. Juan Soto is not yet a Met. Whether or not he will be is the steamiest Remains To Be Seen component of this Hot Stove season, but there are other matters to preoccupy Mets fans everywhere, including the ones at National League Town. Will Pete Alonso stay? Will most of our rotation go? Who will move to new positions? What heretofore total stranger will play his way into our hearts next year? Greg and Jeff have no conclusive answers, but that won’t stop them from thinking out loud. Also, they remain very high on the value of Francisco Lindor.

How great was 2024 to be a Mets fan? That’s one of the questions Greg and Jeff ponder as they conclude their reflections on a year they didn’t see coming, yet are grateful to have lived through.