Mets Morning News: Wild Card Round begins

When asked about whether he would do anything differently with Pete Alonso given what happened in 2026, David Stearns replied bluntly , "I don't get mulligans".

Speaking on other topics of interest, Stearns talked about retiring the phrase 'run prevention', what it meant to see Freddy Peralta succeed in Tampa Bay, how he'd evaluated his free agent signings, Kodai Senga 's future with the Mets, the need to add starting pitching, and the decisions that created an "uncapped downside scenario".

The Mets are planning to look 'externally' to fill their first base void.