It’s funny to say this about the team that signed Juan Soto to the biggest contract in North American sports history — a whopping $765 million — but the Mets need to be more aggressive this winter.

Ultimately, caution killed them.

The team with the richest owner and the purported No. 1 minor league system needs to target pitchers who are closer to sure things and stop taking fliers. Frankie Montas should have stayed in Milwaukee.

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Mets honcho David Stearns put things nicer, but in the disaster aftermath of a lost season, he did suggest they need to be “more proactive” in certain cases. So I’ll take that as possible agreement.