After losing Brandon Nimmo (to trade), and Edwin Díaz and Pete Alonso to free agency, the Mets have a lot of work to do to improve the team and placate their fans.

The popular Mets slugger is leaving New York, and his wife Haley admitted she burst into tears in a long, emotional note.

Mets' David Stearns’ dismantling of the longtime core signals a commitment to a ’69-style blueprint built on arms and run prevention.

The unusually quiet Winter Meetings are in the books, so who were baseball's biggest winners and losers this week?

Alonso holds the franchise record with 264 home runs. He and Nimmo join a notable list of homegrown Mets stalwarts who eventually went elsewhere — from Tug McGraw, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Jon Matlack to Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, José Reyes and Jacob deGrom.

The MLB Winter Meetings were not kind to Mets fans. One day after Edwin Díaz fled Flushing to join the Dodgers, Pete Alonso took a monster five-year, $155 million contract with the Orioles.

Mets owner Steve Cohen, who apologized to his fanbase at the end of September after his team failed to make the postseason, acknowledged those concerns on Wednesday. He said in a text to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, “I totally understand the fans’ reaction. There is lots of offseason left to put a playoff team on the field.”

Two Orioles legends welcomed Pete Alonso to “Charm City.” Alonso bolted Queens for Baltimore on a five-year deal worth $155 million that left legendary shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. and pitcher Jim Palmer elated to have the superstar slugger joining the Orioles.

Mets fans vented their anger on Tuesday after learning that All-Star closer Edwin Diaz had agreed a three-year, $69-million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, intensifying scrutiny on New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns.

Mets team president of baseball operations David Stearns has drawn a fierce wave of backlash from New York faithful after opting not to bring back several fan favorites in free agency

Mets owner Steve Cohen is preaching calm amid a turbulent time for the Mets after fans watched Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso depart New York on back-to-back days. Cohen had sympathy for the fans, but made clear that the MLB offseason is still very young.