Amazin' Avenue Audio Episode 189: Hurt, with guest Mike Vorkunov

First up, Chris McShane and Brian Salvatore talk about the recent string of injuries and the lack of Mets' depth in the corner infield positions (2:06), and then Steve Schreiber—courtesy of Ron Darling and Gary Cohen—brings us a culinary delight in Pittsburgh as part of "This Week in SNY" (34:39).

Lukas Vlahos next introduces a new segment (36:58), before freelance sportswriter Mike Vorkunov (@Mike_Vorkunov) joins Chris for a chat (45:04). You can read Mike's work that's referenced in the chat here:

• Need for speed: Has baseball reached peak velocity?
• Mets hope Dominican prospects pick up another tool: Diplomas
• Q&As with various sports media

We then get a discussion of Hansel Robles from Aaron Yorke (1:06:57), Bryan Renzi takes a look at two forgotten Mets who were picked in the first round of the draft (1:11:56), and a weekly check in with the Panic City Meter, courtesy of Kate Feldman (1:22:00).

You can follow all of our contributors on Twitter: Brian (@BrianNeedsaNap), Chris (@chrismcshane), Steve Schreiber (@_mistermet), Kate (@kateefeldman), Bryan (@brenz78), and Aaron (@apy5000).

As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, listen through the embedded player below, or download the podcast directly from Blog Talk Radio.

And don't forget you can email the show at podcast@amazinavenueaudio.com, and we'll be back next week for another edition of Amazin' Avenue Audio.