{"success":true,"data":{"id":"f2ec57b2-884e-4fc6-8f6c-79fd36feb7db","title":"David Stearns’ Mets aren’t the East Coast Dodgers — it turns out they aren’t even the Big Money Brewers","summary":"David Stearns’ Mets aren’t the East Coast Dodgers — it turns out they aren’t even the Big Money Brewers Mets president David Stearns has come under heavy criticism this season. Brad Penner-Imagn Images It felt like a particularly notable moment in this lost Mets season.","content":"# David Stearns’ Mets aren’t the East Coast Dodgers — it turns out they aren’t even the Big Money Brewers\n\n Mets president David Stearns has come under heavy criticism this season.  Brad Penner-Imagn Images \n\nIt felt like a particularly notable moment in this lost Mets season.\n\nThey were off on Thursday, sandwiched between two series in which their opponents held a bit of extra meaning as we get closer and closer to the trade deadline.\n\nThe Mets (43-60) are coming off a lost series to the Brewers, the low-budget overachievers who have not missed a step at all since the Mets pried David Stearns away from them.\n\nRead this article and all sports content by subscribing\n\n*   Now the only way to access sports columnists and more\n*   Receive subscriber-exclusive daily and team newsletters\n\nFiled under\n\n### Unlock full access to Post sports columnists and newsletters\n\n#### SeatGeek Mets\n\n*   [Los Angeles Dodgers](https://seatgeek.com/los-angeles-dodgers-tickets?aid=16279&pid=mlb&utm_source=nypost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=widget&utm_term=1)at[New York 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