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This is straight out of Flushing brought to you by your local Ford stores. Ford F-150 is the official truck of the New York Mets. Let me ask you this, how much of this turnaround we've seen from the Mets, if you want to call it that, since the all-star break? They've been 16-12, 9-12 since the trade deadline of their last 12. Eight of those wins of those 16 that they have since the all-star break are comeback wins. How much of this do you think has to do with Andy Green? How much of it? Oh, beautiful question. It is, because some people are going to say, see man, you had to get Mendoza up out of here, now the vibes have changed. I'm not sure it's all that, but how much of this has to do with Andy Green? I look at it this way, when Carlos Mendoza was part of it as Mets manager this year, what was the status of the club? Well, obviously they had been dealing with ailment, Soto and Landor not really being able to be healthy around the same time, and obviously you had an offense that was just so anemic in the first half. Well, Andy Green and the New York Mets have basically been playing 500 baseballs since he's been interim manager. And throughout that time, we've seen not only adjustments made, but we've seen a mentality around the club that I think has been coming off infectious, leading to greater success. And one thing that always bothered me about Carlos Mendoza, former Mets skipper, from a managerial standpoint, was how much he continued to lack what felt like fire and proper direction for the club. Meaning to really actually state things that are going to not go through one year, now the other, but resonate, you know, sit there, marinate, and actually let them reflect on that and say, you know what, I appreciate this, this was a good outlook to have, let's carry this into the next game. It felt like the Mets were just dragging their feet for really a calendar plus year straight, incapable of rallying back late in ballgames. Let's not forget the Mets won an entire season without doing so, right? And now you see them, eight games in their past 16, they're doing it. They've done it in the ninth inning multiple times this year as well, including the walk-off that we just saw. It's been great to see, and Andy Green has his hands all over this, because it's not like the roster's drastically changed. If anything, it's gotten worse on paper. Juan Soto has not been here, and he's not going to be here for a bit of time still. You also had in the bullpen, that was one of the best in all the National League, the Mets trade everyone their mother away from him. The one mainstay they still had in that bullpen is now on the injured list, with no point of return as to when that'll be, with a shoulder strain in Devin Williams. So from the Jeffrey Yons to the, obviously, the Nate Lavenders, to who has been so steady for so long now, and the Daniel Duarte's of the world, and so on and so forth. I mean, this reconstructed, rebuilt bullpen has been a stronghold, and look at Andy, look at his decision-making when it comes to the bullpen, right? Jackson, let me throw it back to you. What has impressed you most about Andy Green? Because for me, it's a combination of the following. It's competent bullpen decisions, actually giving leashes to your starters, especially your young starters that you're bullish on, and it's an offense that is not being solely reliant on the righty-lefty splits. Have they done it to a degree? Yes. But Jared Young is getting praised for hitting both against righties and lefties, and that's thanks to Andy Green keeping him in there to do so. Those little things, those minor details that Carlos Mendoza just felt like he was so steady and stubborn on not breaking away from, that it ended up becoming a detriment for him and his tenure as a Mets manager.