Since David Stearns became the President of Baseball Operations for the New York Mets, all the talk has surrounded the pitching lab. The Mets' ability to find struggling pitchers, work with them, and turn their careers around. Even with Stearns only being in charge for a season and a half, it's already yielded a lot of success. Guys like Luis Severino, Sean Manaea, Reed Garrett, and David Peterson all owe the success they've had over the past year and a half to the pitching lab.
However, what is rarely talked about is the misses that Stearns has had.