Chris McMonigle

This is New York City, not Milwaukee.

And, you know, you could appreciate, and I'll give Stearns an opportunity to go out there and give himself the time to be able to build this team.

But last year the team was built on where the offense was going to make up for the deficiency in the pitching staff.

And you could tell me all you want that Marcus Simeon is a plus defender at second base.

That's great.

Fantastic.

Is this team now all of a sudden going to be built on run prevention?

That's the way it's going to be built?

When you're looking at this group, you've got to give them time to develop it.

You know, Devin Williams was not particularly good as a Yankee.

Now he's going to be with the New York Mets.

And now he can grow the facial hair and there's got to be no change in hair policy like the Yankees did last offseason to, you know, go out there and pacify one player.

But do I all of a sudden think Devin Williams is going to find it?

No, ironically enough, I think basically Pete Alonzo took Devin Williams' soul when he hit that home run in the playoff game two years ago.

He's never been the same since.

Luke Weaver, giving him a contract, I mean, okay.

We gave the Mets a ton of credit for their pitching lab and what they did a couple years ago.

They got a little arrogant, a little cocky with it, and it blew up in their face.

Now we'll see exactly how this group is put together in 2026 and what the finished product is for David Stearns.

But it is going to be entirely different.