{"id":540217,"date":"2026-01-27T06:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540217\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T06:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:58:21","slug":"david-wright-urges-mets-fans-to-trust-proven-winner-david-stearns-after-transformative-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/540217\/","title":{"rendered":"David Wright urges Mets fans to trust \u2018proven winner\u2019 David Stearns after transformative offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Wright took the departure of several Mets mainstays as hard as anybody.<\/p>\n

Edwin Diaz (Dodgers) and Pete Alonso (Orioles) left in free agency, while Wright\u2019s former teammates, Brandon Nimmo (Rangers) and Jeff McNeil (Athletics), were shipped off in trades.<\/p>\n

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The former captain and Mets Hall of Famer called the departures \u201ctough,\u201d but urged fans to trust team ownership in the midst of a transformative offseason.<\/p>\n

\"Mets<\/p>\n

Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

\"Former<\/p>\n

Former Mets third baseman David Wright. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Edwin Diaz, I love Brandon Nimmo. I\u2019ve gotten to know both those guys on a personal level,\u201d Wright said during a recent interview, per SNY. \u201cPete [Alonso], I respect what he\u2019s done on the field\u2026I don\u2019t know him very well on a personal level. It\u2019s tough for me, and I know the business of baseball, it\u2019s tough for me to see these guys go.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I look at it big picture, David Stearns has won, he\u2019s a proven winner, give him a chance and let\u2019s see how this plan plays out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Stearns, who became the Brewers\u2019 general manager in September 2015, was the architect of several postseason squads during his Milwaukee tenure \u2013 despite the organization\u2019s payroll constraints.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee made the postseason five out of six seasons from 2018-23 before Stearns joined the Mets as president of baseball operations.<\/p>\n

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The Mets\u2019 offseason makeover included signing superstar infielder Bo Bichette, who will man third base. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

After the Mets\u2019 collapse in 2025, which saw the team miss the postseason, Stearns said the Mets \u201cwere not gonna run back the same group.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s new-look roster took shape last week as the signing of superstar infielder Bo Bichette became official, while the team shored up the rotation with ace Freddy Peralta <\/a>and center field with former All-Star Luis Robert Jr.<\/p>\n

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New York also acquired swingman Tobias Myers in the Peralta deal, while adding depth with veterans Craig Kimbrel,<\/a> Luis Garcia and Vidal Brujan.<\/p>\n

Those moves punctuated the team\u2019s acquisitions of ex-Yankees closers Devin Williams and Luke Weaver, first base replacement Jorge Polanco and second baseman Marcus Semien earlier this offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re confident in this group,\u201d Stearns told reporters <\/a>last week during a Zoom call. \u201cWe think this group is gonna fit well together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Few players understand Mets fans\u2019 attachment to homegrown stars better than Wright, 43, who spent his entire 14-year career in Queens and became the face of the franchise.<\/p>\n

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Given that familiarity with the business side, Wright urged fans to think long-term as Stearns and company build for 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand it because it\u2019s a good thing that New York and that Mets fans have the attachment with their players that they do,\u201d Wright said. \u201cWith that being said, I think we should give David [Stearns], the front office and ownership a chance to do what the grand plan, the scheme is this offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easy to jump to conclusions. It\u2019s easy to get the pitchforks out. Let\u2019s see what happens, let the plan play out before judging over a couple of moves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Wright took the departure of several Mets mainstays as hard as anybody. Edwin Diaz (Dodgers) and Pete…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,7270,88,226,136,42563,847,9411,9051,83,39,1087,753,1332,120,999,107,386,101,843,4,1690,61,2548,4203,125,74,71454,2006,896],"class_list":["post-540217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-mets","tag-baseball","tag-baseball-operations","tag-bo-bichette","tag-brandon-nimmo","tag-brewers","tag-corey-sipkin","tag-craig-kimbrel","tag-david-stearns","tag-david-wright","tag-devin-williams","tag-dodgers","tag-edwin-diaz","tag-freddy-peralta","tag-jeff-mcneil","tag-jorge-polanco","tag-luis-robert-jr","tag-luke-weaver","tag-marcus-semien","tag-mets","tag-milwaukee","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-mets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkmets","tag-orioles","tag-pete-alonso","tag-proven-winner","tag-tobias-myers","tag-vidal-brujan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115965769714726449","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}