David Stearns

I'm responsible for it.

I understand how frustrated our fan base is.

I understand how frustrated everyone in this building is today, everyone associated with the Mets.

And we got to do better.

And I'm committed to moving us forward and doing better.

We'll have ample time here, I'm sure, to discuss the what and the why.

I'll start off up top with a few of my overarching observations.

From a roster construction perspective, on the run prevention side of the ball, we didn't do a good enough job of fortifying our team when we had injuries mid-season.

Clearly, that was a point in our season where on the run prevention side of things, we went from a very good team to a team that wasn't good enough to maintain a sizable lead, not only in the division, but in the playoff chase.

Our defense wasn't good enough, and that certainly contributed to our pitching challenges.

And then offensively, we had a number of players who had really good years, but we failed to score the runs that we needed to score despite those really good years.

And so you add all that up, and you get to a team

that underachieve greatly.

We know that, I certainly know that, and we're gonna work really hard to fix that going forward, learn from this, and do a heck of a lot better.

So happy to answer any and all questions.

Yeah, I either make or delegate every decision that's made here.

So you point to a decision that

that didn't work out and I'm responsible for it.

And so, you know, we have all the resources we need.

We have tremendous ownership support.