Stearns arrives at a time when Steve Cohen has stated he expects his 2024 team to take a step back in championship potential from what were the odds going into this season yet still contend.
But that the priority above all else is not to disrupt construction of an organization that will compete for championships annually.
So, Stearns is going to be asked to live in two worlds at the outset — fashion a roster that, at minimum, can amass the 85-ish wins necessary to dabble with the riff-raff at the bottom of the wild-card race. But do nothing that impedes long-term construction of an infrastructure that will upend the Braves’ NL East rule and then resemble its sustainability.
This was Stearns’ wheelhouse in Milwaukee.
David Stearns looks on during batting practice before the game against the Miami Marlins at Miller Park in 2018.There is no phase that strong organizations find useful than in relief. And if the Mets are going to contend next year, Stearns will have to do better than the dumpster dive that cost the club so dearly this year and included failed results from Jeff Brigham, Tommy Hunter and Dominic Leone — and Sam Coonrod, Trevor Gott and Jimmy Yacabonis. And … well, you get the idea.
Cohen is empowering Stearns mainly to see his big, long-term plans through. But watching the bottom end of this playoff race is a reminder that Stearns has a 2024 mandate as well — to, at minimum, clear the low bar of wild-card contention.
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