Mets: David Stearns understands fan discontent

The New York Mets haven't had the offseason their fans would have liked so far, far from it.

Indeed, on the trade market, one of the crowd's favorites, Brandon Nimmo, was traded to the Texas Rangers in return for Marcus Semien, just before Jeff McNeil was sent to the Sacramento A's. Then, Pete Alonso signed a long-term contract with the Baltimore Orioles, while number-one reliever Edwin Diaz chose the defending champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the free-agent market.

This has many doubting the seriousness of the Metropolitans and their President of Baseball Operations, David Stearns, in building a championship team.

David Stearns understands the uproar.

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But the man himself disagrees with the allegations.

We are committed, universally, from the top down, to making sure the next five years of the Mets are better and that we win more games and meet the high expectations we all have of ourselves.

It's one thing to say it, but now it's time for the boots to follow the socks, because the Queens representatives are far from having what it takes to be a contender for anything right now. Fortunately for Mets fans, Stearns knows this.

What we've done before hasn't been good enough. We all know that. I know that. We have to do better, and we're determined to do better.

Although it would be extremely costly and not enough to have a contending club, the Mets did take a step in that direction by offering star outfielder Kyle Tucker a short-term contract worth no less than $50 million per year.

It remains to be seen whether Tucker chooses New York and what David Stearns does next. Because it's going to take a lot more than that to silence the fan base.

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