David Stearns confident Mets 'have the talent' to turn 2026 season around
With things are looking like it's now-or-never for the Mets to save their 2026 season, David Stearns expressed optimism that the team can still make a run and "get this together."
Heading into Tuesday's game against the Detroit Tigers, the Mets own the worst record in the MLB at 15-25 and find themselves 12. 5 games back in the NL East standings. New York was expected to be one of the top teams in the league, but have been far from it.
They dealt with a 12-game losing streak in April while Juan Soto was out with a calf injury, and now Francisco Lindor , among others, are sidelined on the injured list as well. With things are looking like it's now-or-never for the Mets to save their 2026 season , president of baseball operations David Stearns expressed optimism that the team can still make a run and "get this together. " "I do believe that," Stearns said.
"We have not shown that yet, but I do believe that. " He added: "I think we have the talent on the roster and the character on the roster to make a run. We've got a lot of season left.
I'm not going to say it's early, it's not. We're a quarter into the season, it's not early anymore, but we do have enough season left to make a run and I think we have the talent to do that. " Stearns admitted that the group has "underachieved" from what they expected the season would look like, but still believes they can turn it around.