# David Stearns distances himself from Brewers’ World Series win with focus on using Mets’ ‘advantages’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/david-stearns-distances-himself-from-brewers-world-series-win-with-focus-on-using-mets-advantages/
- Published: 2026-11-12T02:09:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T02:20:28+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/sports/david-stearns-distances-himself-from-brewers-world-series-win-with-focus-on-using-mets-advantages/
- Topics: Entertainment, TV, World

## Key points

- Stearns praised the Brewers’ first World Series win but distanced himself from it.
- Milwaukee won with a $146 million payroll, under half the Mets’ salary spending.
- The Mets need rotation help after a 74-win season and two years without playoffs.

## Summary

David Stearns congratulated the Milwaukee Brewers on their first World Series title, but avoided claiming personal credit for their success after leading the club’s front office for seven seasons. Now the Mets’ president of baseball operations, he said New York must build differently and use its market advantages to meet owner Steve Cohen’s expectation of competing for a championship each season.

Milwaukee won with a $146 million payroll, less than half the Mets’ spending on salaries last season. The Mets finished with 74 wins after a costly roster overhaul and have missed the playoffs for two seasons; Stearns is entering the fourth year of a contract that runs through 2028. He named Nolan McLean and Christian Scott as rotation certainties, while the club prepares to meet free-agent pitcher Tarik Skubal and expects to add at least one starter from outside the organisation.

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