NY Mets Monday Morning GM: 3 unfortunate events David Stearns doesn’t get blame for

A pigeon decides to make your head its porta potty and somehow it is David Stearns’ fault. That’s kind of the theme of the 2026 season. It doesn’t seem like the New York Mets President of Baseball Operations could do anything right. Players he let go, ones he brought in, and the way he has carried himself has made virtually everyone with common sense begin to question if he’s the right man for the job.

There are those ready to run him out of town and others willing to give him another chance. No doubt a major culprit of the team’s series of unfortunate events, not all of the problems which befell the 2026 Mets were his fault.

David Stearns doesn’t deserve blame for these unfortunate Mets events in 2026

1) Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto barely played together

The 2026 Mets offense was built primarily around regular top 10 MVP candidates Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto doing what they always do. Unfortunately, they’ve barely played together. Of all the things that have gone wrong this year, this is the least in-control unfortunate event where none of the blame falls on Stearns.

Sure, the Mets seem to have mishandled everything else about the relationship between the two. Whether it’s petty or just a clash of cultures or personalities, it has been too much of a distraction all year. Getting over whatever caused friction undoubtedly became harder when they weren’t in the lineup together because, without a doubt, winning baseball games would have cured any disagreement the two had.

2) Freddy Peralta was a mess

Who thought Freddy Peralta would be so mediocre? Someone within the Mets might deserve a little bit of the blame. With a 7.17 ERA since joining the Tampa Bay Rays after 4 starts and only one of the outings qualifying as “quality” at the bare minimum of 6 innings and 3 earned runs allowed, we can’t really put the blame on someone like pitching coach Justin Willard.

This just happens to be one of those seasons where Peralta hasn’t been able to figure it out. The logo on the cap wasn’t the problem. This could be one of those cases where the brain matter underneath it was the real cause of such a poor campaign.

3) Bo Bichette’s unforgivable early season slump

Bo Bichette looks more himself these days. However, those first two months were abysmal. He had a .590 OPS through the end of April. He followed it up with an even worse May, batting .207 with a double and 3 home runs all month. He began to swing more freely in June, hitting .321 with only 3 walks all month. We’ll gladly take the .883 OPS performance. We'll accept even less.

A lousy and abbreviated 2024 season gave us an idea of what a down year for Bichette could look like. In 81 games for the Toronto Blue Jays, Bichette hit .225 with only 4 home runs in 336 plate appearances. He won’t come close to that disaster this year. If he remains with the Mets into 2027 which appears to be the belief, this can become a more favorable move by Stearns albeit an expensive one.

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