ORLANDO, Fla. -- This was not the Winter Meetings most Mets fans envisioned.

Over three days in Orlando, the Mets did not acquire a single Major League player. Instead, they watched franchise icon Pete Alonso head to the Orioles on a five-year, $155 million contract, and fan favorite Edwin Díaz move to the rival Dodgers on a three-year, $69 million pact. As a result, a team that missed the playoffs has become definitively worse.

But that doesn’t mean the Mets will enter next season in a diminished state. Far from it. Plenty of top-tier free agents remain unsigned, and the Mets should have interest in just about all of them. President of baseball operations David Stearns also figures to remain active in the trade market, with clear needs in the outfield, at first base, in his rotation and

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