A mistake David Stearns has avoided making with the NY Mets this offseason

David Stearns has had a rough week. He left the MLB Winter Meetings with no notable additions and the loss of two incredibly popular New York Mets players. Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso going elsewhere on back-to-back days is devastating for his reputation. It seemed like he wanted Diaz but didn’t have much interest in retaining Alonso. It’s not exactly a revelation as the thought has always been Diaz would return on the Mets’ terms and Alonso was always as good as gone.

In a bad week for the Mets, Stearns should get credit in one place that has gone unnoticed. A criticism of him in the last two offseasons was being a little too premature with some big moves. Joey Wendle, Frankie Montas, Jose Siri, and probably a few others were acquired way too early in the offseason. Others would have been available at a cheaper price tag, Jose Quintana being someone whose contract value fell by the time he signed with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Lower your fist and give him a hand. The Mets didn’t jump the gun on a bad move like they did in the past two winters.

David Stearns has at least left the door open for a lot of Mets possibilities

What has Mets fans most upset at the moment is the math problem hasn’t been solved. They traded Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien. It put us on our toes while we awaited to see what would happen next. Nothing has other than two more major subtractions.

The trade may have very well been made prematurely. And if there’s one example of Stearns repeating a mistake from his Mets past, it would be that deal. We need to see how he ends up replacing Nimmo to judge. Furthermore, we need to actually see Semien play out a full season.

Stearns seems to have a better read on this year’s offseason market than he did in the past. Everyone is stalling. The Mets have actually been one of the more aggressive teams with the Nimmo trade and signing of Devin Williams.

The POBO isn’t throwing a perfect game this offseason. The way he handled the Diaz negotiations should be studied by whichever fly was in the room for the conversations. There’s a long list of reasons why Diaz may have fled to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Some appear to involve the way Diaz was treated upon the signing of Williams.

Our disdain for what the Mets are doing at the moment is more accumulative than singular. We can understand the Nimmo trade if the result is something we like. Letting Alonso go for that amount of money and those years is, frankly, not such a bad thing. The Mets just need to find a suitable replacement. Even Diaz’s departure isn’t the end of the Mets as long as they do the right thing to fill out the rest of the team.

We’re waiting. That’s the hardest part. Someone should write a song about that.