See Also Its not often I write something in this space and the general manager publicly agrees with me a day later, but Mets head baseball honcho David Stearns confirmed in his weekly media se sion on Tuesday Colton White Jersey that the bullpen is his No. 1 priority precisely 24 hours after I penned exactly that. Reinforcing the relief corps has been bordering on a nece sity for the Mets, we get that now. But things do change almost daily, and with setup men Reed Garrett and Ryne Stanek looking strong this week, Jos Butt back from his mystery illne s, and a few other obvious roster imperfections to consider, lets face it: the Mets , too. Its nice that a rededicated Francisco Alvarez has returned from Syracuse, that co-aces Sean Manaea and Kodai Senga are here now, too, and that the Mets stole a few wins over the improved L.A./Anaheim Angels, including a Wednesday. But, from here, the team from Queens doesnt look quite good enough to compete for a title, not against the superteam Dodgers in the superior National League. While its also a plus theyve spent $332 million and are well into the top-tier Steve Cohen 110 percent luxury tax, theyll need to pony up more loot to get where they want. We can celebrate them for digging themselves out of the aby s, but theyre still six games to the bad since June 12. Scott Stevens Jersey