Francisco Lindor, Mets in intriguing spot at 2026 Trade Deadline

“I’m not going to rule out or in any specific player on anything. I don’t think that’s wise for me to do,” Stearns said. “What I will say is, we’ve got a group of young players and we’ve got some potential Hall of Famers, future Hall of Famers, that we view as our core. We expect them to be our core.”

That is what Stearns is saying now about a season that finds his team buried in last place…