David Stearns Changed Everything, Now Mets Fans Have to Trust It

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The crew opens with a big-picture baseball thought experiment: MLB should invent “Fugazi deadlines” to turn the offseason into a fast, chaotic sprint, because the last week has felt like an NFL-style frenzy. The Mets’ entire winter gets compressed into a handful of headlines, from missing on Kyle Tucker to landing Luis Robert Jr. and adding Freddy Peralta, plus the value of getting a controllable arm like Tobias Myers as part of the bigger move. Then the conversation shifts into the real Mets fan experience right now: confusion, nerves, and a growing divide. One side sees the Peralta trade as an obvious upgrade. The other sees a potential rental that cost two top prospects, and says if you do that, you better be serious about keeping him. From there, it becomes a full debate about how “rentals” actually work, with a Mike Piazza comparison, plus the bigger question hanging over everything: can anyone realistically beat the Dodgers. The answer is complicated. The Dodgers might be the best team, but baseball still gives you a shot if you catch the right breaks and play clean, because you cannot afford a single slip against a team that deep.

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0:00.0	Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball, the Players Association.
0:03.5	The last few days could be the MLB offseason if you ever figured out a way to create fake Fugazi deadlines so that it doesn't drag out for three months, but you get a crazy week.
0:16.8	Yeah.
0:17.1	Because what we've gotten Tiki over the last week is essentially an NFL offseason.
0:22.0	It just happens.
0:24.0	You think about what the Mets have done in the week.
0:27.4	Yeah, but the last week on its own is Bobachette, after missing out on Kyle Tucker news,
0:33.6	Luis Robert Jr., Freddie Peralta, Yankees keep Cody Pallinger.
0:38.2	Like, in a very small period of time, and I shouldn't forget, Luis Garcia, who the Mets signed,
0:42.5	in a very short period of time, you basically had your full off season.
0:46.5	Who was the other acquisition that came with Peralta?
0:51.6	Oh, Tobias Myers.
0:52.9	Myers, who I have not mentioned much of, though I did talk about him on the RICO last night. He did have 24 starts and 25, or 24, and then he was a reliever last year. Yeah, and when he got converted to the bullpen, he was great to the point where he was pitching in the postseason out of the bullpen. So I kind of envisioned Tobias Myers being that swing guy who can pitch out of the bullpen. But he's also under team control and they can option him to the minor leagues. I love that piece because at least if they lose Peralta at the end of the year, there's something remaining from giving up two top 100 prospects. I agree with it. So we don't know what he's, because how old is he? He's 28, 27.
1:28.7	Yeah, so he's not young, but he's also not old.
1:31.2	Right.
1:31.6	And really, it's about team control, which they have a lot of. But yeah, he was an important piece in this. I don't know how the players and the owners are going to do this. I'm not sure how they can, but I do think it's healthy for the sport to have what we have now had over the last week, which is, let's make moves.
1:47.2	Right.
1:47.5	You'll see it in a few months. But I do think it's healthy for the sport to have what we have now had over the last week, which is, let's make moves.
1:47.2	Right.
1:47.5	You'll see it in a few months with the NFL offseason.
1:49.6	It is a few days, and it happens, and it's fun.
1:53.1	Now, the negative to that is then you've got two more months where you're just waiting.
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