There is perhaps no executive in baseball, not one, under more pressure to get things figured out for his team during this off-season than David Stearns of the Mets.

Listen, all the folks in charge of baseball ops are under pressure, every year, especially if they’re running point for a contending team. If their team wasn’t good enough, they go hard to make it better.

With these big jobs absolutely comes bigger responsibility -- and accountability -- especially in this time when ownership has given executives in charge more and more authority, almost treating them like stars. The Blue Jays just came as close as you can to winning it all. The Mariners came as close as you can to finally making it to the World Series. The Phillies have been knocking on the door for years. The Yankees haven

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