David Stearns makes first comments since massive Mets upheaval
NY Post
David Stearns, who grew up a Mets fan and has heard the complaints from the Mets fans in his life, understands the uproar over the uprooting of the longtime core of the team.
Pete Alonso, the franchise’s all-time home run king, scored the kind of big-money, long-term deal with the Orioles that the Mets would not entertain. Shutdown closer and trumpet enthusiast Edwin Díaz chose the reigning champion Dodgers for three years and $69 million. Brandon Nimmo, beloved but soon to be 33 and declining, was swapped for Marcus Semien. Jeff McNeil, who won a batting title just a couple of years ago, was dumped on the A’s. Stearns might not have entered this winter believing the team required a complete makeover, but watching the market play out and allowing or enabling each defection stripped the club of talent, part of the soul… and a connection with the fan base.
These decisions were “really tough,” Stearns allowed. But the president of baseball operations believes the moves were necessary to set the franchise up for success in the present and future, and turn the Mets into a consistent World Series threat — which never quite happened with the previous core, which made a magical run to the NLCS in 2024 but did little else in October.
In his first public comments since Alonso and Díaz officially left and the magnitude of this offseason of change became clear, Stearns spoke optimistically about what the very different Mets can be in 2026 — he believes that despite the subtractions and before further additions, the Mets are a good team — and beyond.
“We are committed, universally from ownership on down, to ensure that the next five years of the Mets are better,” Stearns said at a luncheon with reporters at Citi Field on Tuesday, “and that we win more games and meet the lofty expectations that we all have for ourselves.
“… What we’ve done previously has not been good enough. We all know that. I certainly know that. We’ve got to do better, and we’re committed to doing that.”
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