NY Mets: Five general manager options to replace Brodie Van Wagenen

1) David Stearns

The homegrown kid who the Wilpons let slip away.

David Stearns interned for the Mets during the 2008 season when Omar Minaya was the General Manager, but despite Minaya allegedly pleading with the Wilpons to open a position for Stearns they did not, and he moved on from the Mets.

After the Mets, he went to Cleveland where he quickly became a hot commodity within the baseball community. He was later hired by Houston to be an assistant GM before moving the Milwaukee where he is currently the President of Baseball Operations and General Manager.

Now, why is Stearns on this list and the number one option if he is already a president with the Brewers. Shouldn’t he be in the honorable mentions with Epstein and company?

Yes but no, I’ll explain.

There is one difference between Stearns and Theo Epstein and company. David Stearns is from New York, grew up a Mets fan, and worked for the Mets. That carries some weight for sure.

In addition, he is just 35 years old so if he had to take a demotion to be just the GM of his childhood team and have to wait a couple of years to re-gain the president title it may not be that big of a drawback for him.

Stearns has done a great job in Milwaukee. The Brewers have become a perennial contender on the back of Christian Yelich, a trade that Stearns is responsible for.

Let’s also not forget he also fleeced the Mets when he acquired Bobby Wahl, Adam Hill, and Felix Valerio from the Mets for Keon Broxton, who did not last long for the Mets in 2019.

Stearns would be the perfect fit for the Mets due to his excellent baseball mind, his youth, and his love for the team. The only question is, can the Mets can lure him away from the Brewers.

The Mets would definitely have to give him a raise and is giving him that much money to just be a GM at least in the short-term worth it? I think it is, but the Mets may not, but then again it is a new day where money may not be as big of an issue especially if the person is worth it and Stearns definitely is worth it.

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If Cohen is approved and Alderson is indeed hired to run baseball operations, then their first call should be to be the Brewers and David Stearns.