The new gang’s all here and now it begins for David Stearns’ Mets overhaul. After jettisoning Brandon Nimmo, Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil in his self-declared determination to change the clubhouse, there were a lot Met folks — fans and media alike — wondering if there was truly a method to Stearns’ madness, especially since the team’s two most pressing needs — a top of the rotation starting pitcher and a center fielder — had not been addressed. But then came the trades for Freddy Peralta and Luis Robert Jr. and those two holes were suddenly addressed followed by the eyebrow-raising three-year, $126 million signing of Bo Bichette to play third base and — voila — Stearns finally had a team to...
