What David Stearns is saying - and not saying - about Mets' future
After 2026's failures, David Stearns reflected on what went wrong for the Mets, how they hope to fix it but left some things up for interpretation.
David Stearns, the president of baseball operations for the New York Mets, provided an analysis of the team's 2026 season in a postmortem on Monday at Citi Field. The Mets finished 74-88 and in last place in the NL East for the first time since 2003. Stearns acknowledged that poor roster construction and a lack of flexibility contributed to the team's struggles.
He also noted the importance of having a strong pitching staff and addressing needs at first base, such as finding a replacement for Pete Alonso, who departed to the Orioles. Stearns expressed confidence in the team's potential for improvement through the youth movement in the rotation and the addition of capable starting pitchers.
He also mentioned the need for more flexibility in roster construction and the possibility of making changes to offseason programming. However, Stearns did not mention whether the Mets would pursue free agent pitcher Tarik Skubal.
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