David Stearns and co. played their hand perfectly last offseason when they waited out the market for slugger Pete Alonso. Of course, Pete was coming off a down year and had the qualifying offer attached. This offseason, Alonso is coming off a bounce-back 38-homer and 126-RBI year and no qualifying offer. However, Alonso struggled defensively in 2025 –his -8 fielding run value by Baseball...
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The Mets may be battling the Yankees for a free agent outfielder again, according to a report by the New York Post’s Jon Heyman. The Mets are one of several teams interested in free agent Cody Bellinger. Bellinger, 30, hit .272/.334/.480 with 29 homers, 98 RBIs and 13 steals for the Yankees this year. He posted 5.1 bWAR and played in 152 games, the most since his 2019 MVP season with the...
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GRADE: C 2024 REVIEW “I’m the architect of the team and I’m responsible for it.” David Stearns did not mince words when taking the blame for the Mets’ disappointing 2025 season. After rightfully getting so much credit for the Mets’ magical run to the NLCS in 2024, Stearns learned how things can change in a New York minute. While injuries and underperformance were certainly factors in...
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Fan Shot written by Brian Wertkin With the World Series officially in the rearview mirror, today’s as good a day as any for a requiem of the 2025 Mets season. First things first: while I feel pretty confident that the Mets would’ve faired a little better than the Reds and at least put up a fight against the Dodgers…let’s be honest that they weren’t going to win it all this year. Questionable...
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Good morning, Mets fans!’ On Tuesday, David Stearns met with reporters ahead of the GM meetings in Las Vegas. Here’s a summary of his key comments: Top-30 prospect Carson Benge will come into spring training “with a chance to make our team,” said Stearns. Benge, who turns 23 next year, is officially in contention for an Opening Day outfield job after a fast-track 2025 campaign....
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David Stearns is attending the general manager meetings in Las Vegas this week, and he spoke with reporters for the first time since his season-ending debrief in October. He was asked about his offseason plans for the team and plans for what the 2026 roster will look like, and one statement stood out: he said Carson Benge will come to spring training with a shot to make the team. Benge, the 2024...
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