The Mets’ incredibly disappointing 2023 campaign came to a merciful end on Sunday at Citi Field. With that also came the end of manager Buck Showalter’s tenure with the club. Monday in Queens will be about new beginnings as David Stearns is set to be introduced as the team’s first-ever President of Baseball Operations.
We can hope that brighter days are ahead. However, we can also hope this will be the start of some continuity for an organization that has lacked it in recent years. It can be argued how important the manager’s job is these days because of analytics.