Meet the Mets
David Stearns addressed
the media following a disappointing Mets’ season. Overall, he saw “extremely encouraging signs” as he looks ahead to 2027.When asked about whether he would do anything differently with Pete Alonso given what happened in 2026, David Stearns replied bluntly, “I don’t get mulligans”.
Speaking on other topics of interest, Stearns talked about retiring the phrase ‘run prevention’, what it meant to see Freddy Peralta succeed in Tampa Bay, how he’d evaluated his free agent signings,
Kodai Senga’s future with the Mets, the need to add starting pitching, and the decisions that created an “uncapped downside scenario”.
The Mets are planning to look ‘externally’ to fill their first base void.
Laura Albanese wrote about Stearns owning his failures and how he will get another chance to prove he’s not a failure.
John Harper graded Mets players, the front office, and Andy Green after their last-place finish.
While the Mets missed the playoffs in 2026, their 2027 blueprint is already taking shape, explains Chelsea Janes.
Juan Soto and Nolan McLean were nominated for the 2026 All-MLB Team. Now it’s up to the fans to cast their votes.
Around the National League East
Jesús Luzardo will start Game 1 for the Phillies, with Cristopher Sánchez taking the ball in Game 2 and Aaron Nola standing at the ready if a Game 3 is necessary.
Mark Bowman detailed three things the Braves learned from their final week of the regular season.
After an uneven 2026 season, the Marlins believe they are right there and are hungry to take the next step.
Around Major League Baseball
Will Leitch at MLB.com shared the Power Rankings at the start of the postseason.
With the postseason beginning today, Alden Gonzalez wondered if the Dodgers could be more vulnerable than we think.
The staff at The Athletic made their Wild Card round predictions.
In Ken Rosenthal’s view, even if the Brewers or the Rays win the World Series, the competitive balance argument will endure heading into the uncertain MLB offseason.
The Astros will run a bullpen game in Game One.
Newsday’s David Lennon made his picks for the end-of-season MLB awards.
Max Ralph provided the latest update on whether Aaron Judge will suit up for the Yankees in the Wild Card round.
Mike Elias vowed to get the Orioles back on track after a rough 2026 campaign that saw Baltimore miss the postseason yet again.
The Twins fired pitching coach Peter Maki and assistant pitching coach Luis Ramirez.
Yesterday at Amazin’ Avenue
Thank you for joining us at Amazin’ Avenue during what was, by all accounts, a rough season for our Mets.
Lukas Vlahos looked at what the team’s 40-man roster would look like heading into the free agency period.
Linus Lawrence provided us with a much-needed Monday Stat Party.
This Date in Mets History
Casey Stengel was brought in to manage the expansion New York Metropolitans on this date in 1961.
