Where do Mets go now? Pressure mounts on Stearns as Edwin Diaz exits

NY Mets at MLB Winter Meetings, our takeaways from first day Mets beat writer Andrew Tredinnick breaks down the newsworthy items for the club's first day at the Winter Meetings on Dec. 8, 2025, in Orlando. ORLANDO, Fla. — With one massive departure, the pressure has ratcheted up on the Mets organization and president of baseball operations David Stearns to make an unexpected pivot. As Edwin Diaz brings his trumpets to Los Angeles with the Dodgers after six of the most successful seasons of any closer in Mets history, the Mets must make the ultimate change of course — a shift that can appease a jilted fan base and somehow bring their grand expectations back into focus. Diaz joins the two-time...