The New York Mets had been trying to bring in a top baseball mind for a while.
They had their sights on David Stearns, who revamped the Milwaukee Brewers since he took over in the mid-2010s.
Now that his contract in Milwaukee expired, the Mets made it official: they are hiring Stearns, a native New Yorker and a Mets fan growing up, to a multi-year contract to be the president of baseball operations.
Per Mets insider Anthony DiComo, the deal to bring him to Queens is finalized.
“The David Stearns hiring is now official, with his press conference scheduled for a couple hours from now. Stearns, in a statement: ‘I grew up, in large part, at Shea. I lived and breathed Mets baseball and I’m thrilled I get to do that again,’” DiComo tweeted.
The David Stearns hiring is now official, with his press conference scheduled for a couple hours from now.
Stearns, in a statement:
“I grew up, in large part, at Shea. I lived and breathed Mets baseball and I’m thrilled I get to do that again.”
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 2, 2023
Stearns will live the dream of every young, avid fan: to make baseball decisions for their favorite team.
With great power comes great responsibility, though.
People in New York and Mets fans are seeing him as the savior, the guy who will bring the third World Series title in franchise history.
However, he will need time to do things his way and for his changes to start showing.
Will Mets owner Steve Cohen and fans afford him that time?
They should, because no big, successful project starts overnight.
Stearns has the expertise and the experience: under his guidance, the Brewers made the playoffs every year from 2018 to 2021, and then in 2023.
He knows what he is doing, and could transform the Mets into a sustainable, well-oiled machine.
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