Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns broke down his decision to trade Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien in a pressor on Monday.

New York Mets enter the offseason with a bold approach as David Stearns hints at significant possibilities for the months ahead.

The Mets could use an ace for their rotation, but for now president of baseball operations David Stearns is just trying to size up the inventory.

“We’re going to need our current group of players to play better defense,” Stearns said in Las Vegas this week at the MLB General Manager meetings. “The brand of baseball — the brand of defense — that we played over the last two months of the season wasn’t close to good enough. It has to get better.”

David Stearns said the Mets would love to have the two free agents back, but stressed that it's too early to handicap the free-agent market.

In a November 10 article, SNY's Mets insider Andy Martino conveyed the most likely scenario where slugger Pete Alonso will return to the New York Mets next seas

New York Mets fans are getting another dose of hope heading into a season that still feels far away, as this very Monday they received an update on the organization's free-agency r

In addressing the Mets' decision to trade Brandon Nimmo for Marcus Semien, GM David Stearns said "last year wasn't good enough and running it back with the exact same group wasn't the right thing to do.