Mets mailbag: What is David Stearns doing, and where do the Mets go from here?

The New York Mets managed to get out of Cincinnati on Wednesday with one win, but they’ve once again failed to build momentum coming off a solid series win over the weekend. We’re now a full month removed from that 5-1 homestand against the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees — the last time the Mets won consecutive series. In that month, New York is 13-15, still lingering only on the fringes of contention in the National League.You, obviously, have questions and concerns about this. Beat writers Tim Britton and Will Sammon are here to talk about what David Stearns has and hasn’t done, why Carlos Mendoza is still here and what to think about the Mets in the longer term.The questions have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.Can you explain like we’re 5 years old why there is no chance Stearns gets the ax anytime soon? —Geoffrey C.Tim: Let’s enumerate a few reasons:

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1. Here’s a list of the Mets’ head baseball executives over the last decade:2017: Sandy Alderson

2018: Sandy Alderson, John Ricco/Omar Minaya/J.P. Ricciardi

2019: Brodie Van Wagenen