What was supposed to be a transitional year for the Mets turned into a Cinderella campaign. They got stronger as

A new season is just beginning in a sense for Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns, but that doesn’t mean he’s gotten over the old one. “It still stings for me right now and it will for a little while and it should,

The Mets also ate money in facilitating trades in previous years, sending out players like Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander and James McCann. Those contracts are also expiring now, freeing up even more cash.