The chasm between the Mets and Dodgers, the two-time defending champions, grew exponentially in a 24-hour span this week at Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings.

The Dodgers ripped away the Mets' longtime closer Edwin Diaz , while New York also lost five-time All-Star Pete Alonso to the Orioles one day later.

The Mets front office, led by president of baseball operations David Stearns, is now staring at an incomplete picture of how they want their roster to look for 2026 and beyond while maintaining a vision of building a contender.

The club's future is one of the most intriguing in MLB, with a core demolished in a few weeks and the spending power of Steven Cohen available to build it back up.

With roughly two months to go until spring training, Stearns might be the busiest execu

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