Bill Madden: Time to put David Stearns’ Mets overhaul to the test

The new gang’s all here and now it begins for David Stearns’ Mets overhaul. After jettisoning Brandon Nimmo, Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil in his self-declared determination to change the clubhouse, there were a lot Met folks — fans and media alike — wondering if there was truly a method to Stearns’ madness, especially since the team’s two most pressing needs — a top of the rotation starting pitcher and a center fielder — had not been addressed. But then came the trades for Freddy Peralta and Luis Robert Jr. and those two holes were suddenly addressed followed by the eyebrow-raising three-year, $126 million signing of Bo Bichette to play third base and — voila — Stearns finally had a team to...