Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso were Mets teammates for six seasons before both signed elsewhere this week. AP

Sometimes, it’s the optics that make these things difficult to digest. Sometimes, it’s watching as three of the Mets’ staples — Brandon Nimmo, Edwin Díaz and Pete Alonso — depart in a matter of weeks that creates an impossible reality for president of baseball operations David Stearns to escape. One singular response can’t serve as the cure-all antidote, either.

Alonso bolted for the Orioles on a five-year, $155 million deal Wednesday, and the Mets didn’t even extend an offer to the franchise’s all-time home run leader because they knew the term and dollar amount exceeded their comfort zone. Those aren’t good optics. Díaz, who collected 144 saves during six regular seasons in

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