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When David Stearns took over in 2024, the core was:
29-year-old Pete Alonso
30-year-old Francisco Lindor
30-year-old Edwin Díaz
31-year-old Brandon Nimmo
32-year-old Jeff McNeil
The Mets had a terrible farm and an organization that couldn’t develop anyone. There wasn’t even a single starting pitcher in that core.
In 2026, less than three full seasons later, that core is now:
21-year-old A.J. Ewing
23-year-old Carson Benge
24-year-old Nolan McLean
27-year-old Christian Scott
27-year-old Juan Soto
28-year-old Bo Bichette
32-year-old Francisco Lindor
Other than Lindor, the oldest guy in that group is 28. The youngest is 21. When Stearns took over the youngest in that group was 29 years old! Now the organization can actually develop players and has one of the better farm systems in baseball.
Stearns reset a core that made the playoffs twice in six years — ONCE UNDER HIM! Alonso, Nimmo, and McNeil were not even why the Mets made the playoffs in 2024. Instead they were a big reason that team was fighting until the very last day of the season to clinch. Lindor along with the players Stearns put around them carried that team into the playoffs while those other guys all had down years.
Yet fans will still tell you Stearns has done an awful job. Almost every other team in baseball would take him tomorrow. Claiming he has run the Mets into the ground and that he’s a total disaster is dishonest and irrational. Thinking he hasn’t built this roster to be a future consistent contender just means you’re not watching or you’re out of touch. It’s egregious.
Missing the playoffs one year into a core reset is not some unprecedented disaster. Especially when most of the team’s core was either hurt or in the minors during this season other than Bichette, McLean, and Benge. Missing the playoffs happens to a lot of teams when they move on and stop running it back with a stale, aging group and actually start focusing on their future building the next core.
The other option was keeping a group that was only getting older and punting the future. That tradeoff makes no sense. This is the most realistic way to build a World Series contender. Especially one that can compete year after year.
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Hypothetical 2027 New York Mets roster:
Lineup-
1. Francisco Lindor (SS)
2. Juan Soto (LF)
3. Bo Bichette (3B)
4. Carson Benge (RF)
5. Isaac Paredes (1B)
6. A.J. Ewing (CF)
7. Jorge Polanco (DH)
8. Francisco Alvarez / Luis Torrens (C)
9. Jefferson Rojas / Brett Baty (2B)
Rotation-
SP1- Tarik Skubal
SP2- Nolan McLean
SP3- Christian Scott
SP4- Clay Holmes
SP5- Zac Thornton
SP6- Sean Manaea
SP7- Tylor Megill
SP8- Jack Wenninger
SP9- Justin Hagenman / Tobias Myers
SP10- Jonathan Santucci
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WILD.
Pat Murphy was reportedly the Mets’ choice to manage the team starting in 2020, but the Wilpons ultimately prevented it from happening, per
@Joelsherman1
Murphy also had to fly coach for all three of his interviews with the organization.
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I’m no scouting expert, but I would imagine it’s not the best of looks to be below league average from a staffing perspective with an owner with the most resources in the sport
These are the type of things we were supposed to be improving from an organizational perspective
I don’t even think you can really play the “too many cooks in the kitchen” game given how overworked scouts are and how broad of an area there is to cover with baseball being an international sport
For my old friends at @BaseballAmerica, I compiled the sizes of each team’s scouting staff.
Note that many teams frequently renowned for their technology and analytics (Dodgers, Rays, Brewers) also have some of the largest scouting staffs in MLB.
baseballamerica.com/stories/…
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Important to note the Mets still value Megill and it showed last offseason when they still tendered him a contract and paid him $2.5M just to rehab under their organization
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Tylor Megill enters 2027 in an interesting position coming off TJ & being out of options
ST will be huge for him & his outlook with the Mets. Could be in the rotation or the pen as a long man
Entering Arb 3 & will certainly get interest from other teams
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The top farm systems in terms of org-wide Stuff+ scores?
1. Rays
2. Yankees
3. Mets
4. Dodgers
5. Nationals
New farm system Statcast rankings:
baseballamerica.com/stories/…
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Mitch Voit was the MVP of the Mets system this season, after stealing 45 bases, and going on a tear in Double-A in nearly 30 games to end the year. He led the organization in steals, and was one of just two NYM prospects to steal 40+ bases.
Voit limits strikeouts well, keeping his K% below 20% on the year. He made consistent contact, and generated plenty of line-drive contact, while hitting the majority of his batted-ball output pull-side.
New York Mets MiLB Team Of The Year is out now on my Substack. Features:
- Mitch Voit
- Jonathan Santucci
- Jefferson Rojas
+ More free to read below.👇👇
tobeyschulman.substack.com/p…
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As someone whose actually followed and covered every step of the way for Pitre, Hill and Smith since being dealt here
Anyone who called the Peralta return “pennies” is as informed on this topic as someone whose never watched a day of baseball in their life
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Regardless of the Bo Bichette decision, I'm curious if Jefferson Rojas can or will be given a shot to pull a Carson Benge out of next spring camp with Mets.
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Yo Edwin Diaz I need an update ?
Dodgers though !!!
Edwin Díaz was asked how hard it was to leave the Mets and pick the Dodgers
"It wasn't easy. I spent 7 years in New York. They treat me really good, they treat me great.
I chose the Dodgers because they're a winning organization. I'm looking to win. And I think they have everything to win. Picking the Dodgers was pretty easy"
Adrian Morejon stands out as a clear reliever-to-starter conversion candidate heading into next season.
Morejon has elite stuff. He possesses the velocity to dial back for a starter’s workload, has good command, and offers multiple effective weapons against right-handed hitters as a top tier left-handed pitcher.
With the proper developmental plan, Morejon has the potential to become a high-end starter. The Mets could sign him as a cost-efficient rotation option with great upside.
The Mets already saw this approach pay off with Clay Holmes. Why not try it again with a pitcher who has even greater upside?
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Mets sign Tarik Skubal: “Stearns didn’t do anything this was all Cohen”
Mets don’t sign Tarik Skubal: “Fire Stearns he can’t sign anyone good”
Can already see it coming
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This reply was a deflection. Don’t move the goalposts now.
You told me I made this up and that it didn’t happen on the development side.
How in the world did I make that up? How did this not happen? @TheMetsX
Stearns built the Brewers’ development system. Arnold didn’t overhaul it when he took over, so the same program is still running there.
The Mets previously had one of the worst development systems in baseball. Stearns completely tore it out and rebuilt it. Benge, McLean, Ewing and others came through that new system, not the one Eppler left behind.
Failing to understand that Stearns revamped the Mets’ system while the Brewers kept theirs is telling. The post is pretending those two things are the same. They’re not. One system was kept, the other was gutted and replaced. That’s the whole point.
Why didn’t the Angels develop well after Eppler left the way the Brewers did after Stearns? They didn’t, because Eppler didn’t leave them a strong system like Stearns did in Milwaukee.
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I'm confused — was Stearns brought in for an aggressive free agent approach, or for his track record of building and producing talent through a farm system?
He spent years turning the Brewers into a consistent contender on a small-market budget through development, not by outspending teams. That was the skill set Cohen targeted to pair with his deep pockets.
How am I making anything up?
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"I don’t envision changing a lot here meaningfully in terms of philosophy going forward."
But yea just ignore that one 😂
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“I think we certainly share a lot of values, which is why we work well together,” Arnold said. “I think I might do things a little bit differently but by and large, the success here has been a teamwork relationship. I don’t envision changing a lot here meaningfully in terms of philosophy going forward.”
This is a direct quote from Matt Arnold when he took over the Brewers. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 27, 2022). He was Stearns’ right-hand man from the start and said he wasn’t going to meaningfully change the philosophy.
You said I completely made up how both organizations were structured. This is public, reported information. Pretending it doesn’t exist so you can call it a lie doesn’t make your original post accurate.
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I have absolutely zero agenda when it comes to David Stearns. I was as high on him at the time of the hiring as absolutely anyone, I got more information and admitted that I was completely wrong and was fooled.
That is how proper analysis should be done, you have a clear bias where you love Stearns and will not alter your opinion whatsoever.
I did not make up a single thing in my first post, you quite literally completely made up the fact that you know how both organizations were structured prior and after Stearns departure and arrival at each place. Completely made it up to fit a narrative.
You have a massive David Stearns bias whereas I just love the Mets and want them to be good + react to actual information I have seen over his tenure here