David Stearns acknowledged a fact with which every Mets fan agrees:

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Through a month and a half, his trade deadline moves have not worked out.

The Mets president of baseball operations, while providing the caveat that he is pleased with the “process” that led to the team’s decision-making on July 31 , nonetheless said he “absolutely” would have handled the trade deadline differently if he knew how the late season would play out.

“We did not play well during the month of August, and frankly at this point through September,” Stearns said before the Mets opened a series with the Padres at Citi Field o

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