Derek Falvey reportedly turned down interviews for several different front office positions before deciding to take his talents to Queens this offseason.
By joining the Mets, Falvey reunites with old friend David Stearns.
The two spoke numerous times throughout the summer, and as the season wound down Stearns approached Falvey gauging his interest in joining the club as a senior advisor, and he felt it was a fit.
“Where we are in my life, it felt like the right fit at the right time,” Falvey said on the Baseball Isn’t Boring podcast. “I wanted to be involved with a group that was pulling on the same end of the rope and be a teammate again.
“David has asked me to be as honest as I can in giving feedback around ways we can possibly be better," he continued. "He is genuinely focused and motivated on that -- but they have great people here, and I feel confident about the group being built and the team going in to 2027.”
Though some may question that confidence coming off such a disappointing season, Falvey went on to break down exactly why he believes in this group.
“As I sat from the outside looking in, I saw a young team that was growing and developing and hungry at a time when they weren’t competing at the top where they thought they could be,” he explained.
“I know in conversations with [manager] Andy Green, that was what he saw too -- he saw it in the dugout, he saw those young players continuing to get better, and I think that’s what energizes him going into next year -- ultimately building on what transpired over the last couple of months with some young players.”
The Mets finished 40-41 in the final 81 games since Green took over, but they were playing much better ball and saw several members of their up and coming core take significant strides forward.