{"id":101428,"date":"2025-09-18T07:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=101428"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:18:56","slug":"mets-david-stearns-admits-trade-deadline-moves-havent-paid-off-as-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=101428","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8 TRADE REGRET: Mets\u2019 David Stearns admits the deadline moves haven\u2019t gone as planned, and fans are losing it! Social media is exploding with reactions, analysts are panicking, and rival teams are circling with excitement. Every trade, every missed opportunity, every ripple effect is under intense scrutiny, and the pressure on Stearns and the front office has never been higher. Could this misstep haunt the Mets all season, or is there still time to turn things around?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\">Mets<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<ul>\n<li><time datetime=\"2025-09-17175808953500006:12:15\">Updated: Sep. 17, 2025, 6:12 a.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<li><span aria-hidden=\"true\">|<\/span><time datetime=\"2025-09-17175808880100006:00:01\">Published: Sep. 17, 2025, 6:00 a.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-N5EM6TKIK5ADPFN6ORGFMZHP4A\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/CW3CGPKMFZHVHDRAHRAAGQHMSM.jpg?auth=f1355b6f59629a74eb9c1fb1d8b2268aee82be256e6b5223a4070ab629130e1d&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/CW3CGPKMFZHVHDRAHRAAGQHMSM.jpg?auth=f1355b6f59629a74eb9c1fb1d8b2268aee82be256e6b5223a4070ab629130e1d&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90 500w, https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/CW3CGPKMFZHVHDRAHRAAGQHMSM.jpg?auth=f1355b6f59629a74eb9c1fb1d8b2268aee82be256e6b5223a4070ab629130e1d&amp;width=800&amp;quality=90 800w, https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/CW3CGPKMFZHVHDRAHRAAGQHMSM.jpg?auth=f1355b6f59629a74eb9c1fb1d8b2268aee82be256e6b5223a4070ab629130e1d&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90 1280w\" alt=\"Mets\u2019 David Stearns admits trade deadline moves haven\u2019t paid off as planned\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>New York Mets&#8217; Ryan Helsley has a 10.29 ERA since being acquired at the Trade Deadline. (AP Photo\/Aaron Gash)AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"46PIZLNLKBB7NGSBX47GQOSAPE\"><b>NEW YORK \u2014 <\/b>Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns acknowledged that the club\u2019s trade deadline acquisitions haven\u2019t delivered the impact the front office envisioned.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2NAP6REZC5C6RIDVO5SGUQ4G2Y\">Still, Stearns pointed to reasons for optimism as the Mets enter the season\u2019s final stretch. Though the team has lost its NL East lead since the deadline and is now barely holding on to a postseason berth, there\u2019s still time for these moves to pan out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"YRFGLP5OXVCOVAL7M6LYVVK25Q\">Looking back, however, Stearns would have approached the deadline differently.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VHKAPJGQ4FGPPN5HXBW54IS4AQ\">\u201cI think if I knew exactly how our season was going to play out, absolutely no question. But we make the decisions we make at the time with the information we have,\u201d Stearns said before Tuesday\u2019s 8-3 win against the San Diego Padres. \u201cI\u2019m very comfortable with the process we went through that led us to those decisions. But yeah, we did not play well during the month of August, and frankly, for this point through September. We\u2019ve had various segments of our team that haven\u2019t performed at the level that we certainly anticipated as we approach the trade deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"RA4PDOGHPREWZFVYBEWL6L3TFQ\">The Mets made four big trade-deadline acquisitions: center fielder Cedric Mullins and relievers Gregory Soto, Tyler Rogers and Ryan Helsley. Two of those additions have mostly paid off, while the other two have been disappointments.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PWIEE37RMZFRHADHB7I26UWVKI\">The most glaring letdown of the foursome has been Helsley, the flamethrower who just last year led MLB with 49 saves. Since joining the Mets, the right-hander has allowed 20 runs (16 earned) over 14 innings for a 10.29 ERA.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LS6Z7VXROZBDNPXHROATQIKRE4\">Since Helsley joined the Mets, the club has determined that he was tipping his pitches. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza recently revealed that Helsley has \u201ccleaned up\u201d his windup.<\/p>\n<p id=\"OCLZAKHLSNCD7J44TQGVF2ZYQY\">This has resulted in him throwing scoreless innings in two of his last three outings. Still, he\u2019s allowed two earned runs in three innings \u2014 a 6.00 ERA \u2014 during that span.<\/p>\n<p id=\"GHE66MPMRFBDBJ36NFJ2I3R3AQ\">The other big letdown, at least leading up to Tuesday\u2019s game against the Padres, has been Mullins. The former All-Star was brought in to shore up center field at the trade deadline; instead, after a 19-for-101 (.188 batting average) start with the Mets, he\u2019s been reduced to a platoon role alongside Jose Siri.<\/p>\n<p id=\"UHCD6GVNLBH2HA3PPFTIGBDXQY\">Stearns offers an optimistic outlook for Mullins.<\/p>\n<p id=\"X6IPXXBEDJCKJM65G67JVXQU7Q\">\u201cI think we\u2019re seeing him have a little more productive at-bats, staying in at-bats, getting on time with the fastball, a little bit better,\u201d Stearns said. \u201cAnd so that\u2019s really good sign for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"AM6N56UGSBF4VIIFTLJMY754IA\">Including Tuesday, when he went 1-for-3 with a home run against San Diego, Mullins is 4-for-13 in his last five games, a .307 batting average.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QL2JO5BHZ5HXBOIHVOEHAAXRFQ\">The remaining two acquisitions have been relative successes.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7MOFLM2HUJEZBKVPLJHQ23IK2I\">Before his two most recent outings, where he\u2019s allowed six earned runs over 2 2\/3 innings, Soto had a 1.98 ERA over his previous 15 outings with the Mets.<\/p>\n<p id=\"GZCKI4W3NBDNBJVNXWGLIKJ4FM\">Rogers has remained steady throughout. Coming from the San Francisco Giants with a 1.80 ERA, it\u2019s ticked up a tad to 1.90 over 21 appearances with the Mets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Stearns stresses resilience, pitching depth and adaptability as Mets chase postseason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":101431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8 TRADE REGRET: Mets\u2019 David Stearns admits the deadline moves haven\u2019t gone as planned, and fans are losing it! 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