Joel Sherman Like it or not, Steve Cohen’s David Stearns loyalty is right call By Joel Sherman Published July 1, 2026, 8:43 p.m. ET Mets owner Steve Cohen (left) speaks with bench coach Kai Correa (50) before a game earlier this season. Robert Sabo for New York Post Steve Cohen could fire David Stearns for cause.
As the Mets roster has become more that of Stearns, the results year over year are worsening — from getting into the playoffs on the final regular-season day in 2024, to missing out on the final day last season as the majors’ most disappointing team, to not even being in contention en route to being the most disappointing club of 2026.
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It is not a positive trend when your fans miss the good old days of a 2025 disaster because at least it kept them riveted for an entire schedule and not wondering when Jets camp opens.
During his appearance on the podcast “The Show with Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman,” even Cohen conceded he was “extremely worried” about the near future because “we’ve had regression in our farm system.”
