If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That is the mindset of New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns, who announced on Monday that the entire co

David Stearns doesn’t appear in any hurry to add a general manager to the Mets’ organizational hierarchy. The position has remained vacant following Billy Eppler’s departure last offseason during an MLB investigation that determined he broke rules regarding usage of the injury list.

After a relatively austere offseason last year, the Mets once again plan to be big players in free agency. New York has around $180 million coming off its team payroll, and Stearns said that he expects to spend “a good portion of that.”

With the annual GM Meetings kicking off in San Antonio, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns met with the media on Monday night, answering questions about the club's coaching staff, the plan for Brandon Nimmo in 2025,