Cohen: Stearns stays put as Mets sink deeper
Owner doubles down on beleaguered president despite 36-51 record and manager purge.
Steve Cohen isn’t trading David Stearns for a quick fix. The Mets owner shut down any talk of firing the club’s President of Baseball Operations, even as the team collapsed to a 36-51 record and Carlos Mendoza was dismissed as manager. Cohen framed the decision around stability, citing Stearns’ five-year contract and the franchise’s near-World Series run in 2024.
In a public statement, he rejected the “burn and churn” approach, making it clear Stearns would lead the search for Mendoza’s successor. The message was blunt: the manager is the casualty, not the architect. The Mets’ front-office hierarchy now looks locked in place.
