After months of speculation, it has finally happened: the New York Mets have announced former Milwaukee Brewers executive and advisor David Stearns as their new president of baseball operations.
The Mets coveted Stearns for a long time, and now that his contract with Milwaukee has ended, he will join the Mets as they look to build a competitive juggernaut.
ESPN reporter and analyst Jeff Passan was the one breaking the news.
“The New York Mets are hiring David Stearns as president of baseball operations, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN. A monumental addition to the organization, Stearns, 38, will take over officially once the regular season is over. The new era of the Mets begins soon,” he tweeted.
The New York Mets are hiring David Stearns as president of baseball operations, sources familiar with the situation tell ESPN.
A monumental addition to the organization, Stearns, 38, will take over officially once the regular season is over. The new era of the Mets begins soon.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 12, 2023
Stearns is a young executive with a proven track record of success.
He took over as the Brewers GM in September of 2015.
Prior to that point, the Brewers had made the playoffs only twice in the new millennium: in 2008 and in 2011, both with peak Ryan Braun.
2016 and 2017 were rebuilding years, but Milwaukee made the playoffs every year from 2018 to 2021, a span of four seasons.
They were one win away from the World Series in 2018, dropping the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
They didn’t qualify in 2022, but with Stearns in an advisory role, the team is currently leading the NL Central by three games and is set to return to October.
In other words, Stearns made the Brewers a perennial contender, and the Mets have many more resources than Milwaukee.
Mets fans can now dream about building a sustainable powerhouse that can compete over the years and produce its own prospects.
Good times are probably ahead for the Mets organization.
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