Back in June, if you had told David Stearns that the Mets would barely be hanging on to a Wild Card playoff spot in June, the club’s president of baseball operations would have been skeptical, to say the least.

“I think when you’re sitting where we were in mid-June, we would not have expected to be in this spot,” Stearns said Tuesday at Citi Field ahead of a crucial series against the San Diego Padres. “There’s no question about that, and we’ll have time to evaluate and diagnose and do all of that stuff. For right now, my focus is from here forward.”

Stearns didn’t really want to talk about what has already transpired in 2025. Like many in the Mets clubhouse, he too seems flummoxed by the 41-51 record since June 1, and the hot-and-cold nature of the team this season.

The executive ove

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