David Sterns, who is in his first year as president of baseball operations for his childhood team the New York Mets, recently joined Sports Network New York in the booth for a spring training game. One question he was asked was if he realized the differences between working for the Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers. He was brutally honest in his response.
President of baseball operations David Stearns gets brutally honest on the differences between working for the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers.
“This is a whole other kind of work. Yes, baseball is still the topic of discussion and my responsibilities remain largely the same, but the work itself has evolved. It’s obvious that there is more media coverage, non-baseball content, and a larger front office. Those are all quite distinct things. Every day, I sense it. You make adjustments. Every day I pick up new knowledge. After five months, I feel more at ease than I did at the beginning.
David Stearns also discussed hiring manager Carlos Mendoza and pursuing Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Ron Darling and of SNY also questioned Stearns on Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s pursuit this winter and the employment of manager Carlos Mendoz. Stearns discussed his relationship with Mendoz and how easy it was to discuss baseball with him. Additionally, he said that the Mets would make big deals in the future, but only when the player and the timing are appropriate.
The Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets will square off against one another on opening day in 2024.
The Brewers and Mets will play on opening day in New York on March 28, 2024. The two teams will play their regular season finale in Milwaukee in an effort to improve matters. Seeing how David Stearns performs in his first full season as New York’s president of baseball operations will be interesting. He stepped down from that position in 2023 to advise Brewers general manager Matt Arnold.
