“We’ll figure out what changes need to be made, but it won’t be David.” This is what Steve Cohen told the New York Post in an upcoming New York Post Podcast with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman. MMO will be covering it when it airs later today.
This was a much needed public showing of support for a president of baseball operations that has come under fire for the major league team’s poor performance. And some of that is absolutely warranted. The Mets have one of the worst records in baseball. The major league acquisitions have been a mixed bag over the last two years with Jorge Polanco, Luis Robert Jr. and Frankie Montas missing most of playing time to date, Sean Manaea and Bo Bichette having mixed, up and down results, while Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Luke Weaver, Griffin Canning, and Clay Holmes overall thrived in the contracts Stearns signed them to.
But as Will Sammon and Tim Britton of the Athletic pointed out, the Mets have had nine different lead executives over the last ten years. As they wrote “Turnover at this level is largely unprecedented and untenable.” They also wrote “If they fire Stearns, as justifiable as much of the fanbase would view it, a lot of other execs in the game would once again be shy about taking this specific job.”
The New York Post preview also confirmed that Stearns is going to “live out” the remainder of his five-year contract. This is desperately needed stability for an organization top down that has had unprecedented turnover for the better part of a decade.
