The Mets will attempt to work out a new contract with general manager Sandy Alderson to keep him for 2018 and (presumably) beyond, according to a report from Kristie Ackert. The fate of manager Terry Collins, though, is less clear — with signs suggesting it’s not expected he’ll be back.
Contracts for both organizational leaders are up at the end of the year. The pair has been in charge since the start of the 2011 campaign, overseeing a rise and then sudden collapse in the team’s competitiveness. While the hope remains that the roster will spring back to life in 2018, it seems that Alderson will be looking for a new manager to lead the troops.
Alderson himself declined to comment on the managerial situation. But Ackert cites team sources that suggest there’s an internal expectation that Collins will retire. Per the report, the Mets have already begun thinking of alternatives to the veteran skipper — Ackert runs through a few notable names at the link — even if Collins himself may not quite be ready to hang ’em up on his own volition.
Many have speculated that 2017 could be the last run for Collins, who is 68 years of age, though few saw the season going the way it has. The Mets went to the World Series in 2015 and overcame challenges to reach the postseason last year as well. But a series of devastating injuries robbed the 2017 team of any hopes of repeating.
There’s no reasonable way that Collins could have reversed that course by himself, though (like all managers) he has had his share of detractors over the years. The organization may well prefer an alternative, though, regardless of Collins’s own intentions. Ackert says that the club would like to find a newcomer that is “more technologically savvy and more fluent in analytics and sabermetrics.”
While the Mets will no doubt focus in on this important decision, it’s just one of many facing the organization. Soon after the end of the season, decisions are due on Asdrubal Cabrera and Jerry Blevins. The Mets have a lot of payroll space but also quite a few roster needs — along with a long list of medical unknowns in the rotation.
If the Mets bring back Collins, I will move Bangladesh and have sex with pigs.
Seeing an individual move an entire country would be quite the site to see. The latter part? Not so much.
How is your Bengali? You may want to brush up.
I think John snow is just looking for a reason to have some pig love
Why, pigs don’t speak English?
Don’t forget your condoms.
It’s going to be hard to find pigs in Bangladesh…
Brad Ausmus is available…..
Haha!
Paging Mr. David Allen Wright.
David Wright please pick up the white courtesy phone.
I am a Tiger fan & they can have Ausmus for as long as they want. Good with the young guys? No! Good with veterans? No again.! We heard all of this & more when the Tigers brought him on & Ausmus himself proved these statements completely wrong over & over again. He inherited a talented team & many outstanding pitchers only to fail. Hopefully he will be better for another team than he was for the Tigers. But, the Tigers also need to completely revamp their entire front office. It is even difficult to wish this guy good luck because he was awful here in Detroit & had no clue how to motivate the youngsters let alone the veterans.
Ausmus never once had a good bullpen.
Truth, was always the problem.
I agree about the lack of a bullpen but he did have some pieces in the pen to do more than he did with them. It wasn’t just the pen either as so many want to say. He never should have been given the reigns to a major league team. He was more, just one of the boys and less the manager.
Ditto
Can see Geren becoming the new coach. Wright should just retire and take over as the new manager.
Why does anyone think he’d be a good manager? He was always reluctant to assume a leadership role on the team.
Matheny is technologically savvy????
No way will MLB let them hire anybody but a minority. They’ve been upset at hiring/interviewing practices on the last few openings, with no minority candidates even being interviewed, so no to Matheny or Ausmus. Maybe Jose Oquendo, Tony Pena, or Ron Washington.
I doubt MLB will be that aggressive. If anything they’ll ask them to interview a minority candidate.
The White Sox hired Rentaria and the Nats hired Baker so there has been some movement towards looking at minorities. But imo Washington might actually be a good fit for New York. He is a passionate leader which would provide a very different voice then Collins.
As long as he has his drug problem under control. New York is a horrible place for a recovering addict.
A high stress position is horrible for any addict whether they’re seeking help or not. The key would be having a support structure. My guess is if Washington gets another manager position it would require the team to be assured he’s in NA and his sponsor is on call 24/7 during the season.
Dave Roberts.
How about Mookie Wilson?
Why does no one talk about Dave Martinez as a candidate anymore?
They’re required to interview at least one minority and they’re certainly going to interview Pedro Lopez, the AAA manager who has slowly been climbing the organizational ladder and knows all the team’s young players.
What are the analytics of Fred Wilpon stealing over $150 million from Mets fans every year?
Goodness do I hate them.
Alex Cora
As soon as the Pirates signed Hurdle for 4 more years I assumed Joey Cora would get a manager gig before Hurdle leaves Pittsburgh
“TC” is not retiring. He will hold a news conference at Chity Field today and tell the press, “I’m not letting them kick me around. Fred and Jeff owe me for covering their stupid ideas. And Sandy hasn’t corrected one thing that I’ve done this year. I think he has been in California most of the summer anyway”.
Part of his preparation is to introduce everyone to new technology that he will employ next year. He revealed this morning, “in sick and tired of people kicking me around because I’m not savvy. So I’m adding a color device to supplement my
Star tac flip phone. It’s a 9×12 chalk board–much better than those dumb tablets. This way I can change colors when I’m scribbling out my message to the team.”
So, anyway…
How did it feel wearing your gang green helmet today, Frank?
I don’t watch football ever since the league took a stance against our countries heros and colors
Wow. So you don’t watch the Oakland A’s? I guess that you are not listening to music, or watching television, including late night shows, nor movies.
Thanks for sharing where you stand. Lol
Just like you take yourself too seriously with your shallow baseball opinions frank you don’t see that they were not taking a stance against countries Hero’s and colors. Rather they were standing up under the constitution’s basic rights of freedom of expression.
Before someone wasted time blowing smoke and picking on athletes, there was almost no oxygen in this protest. Telling people that they don’t have their natural rights brought life and energy. Even the arm in arm display was a protest to the absurdity.
And since you have plenty of time in your hands and gave internet access, why don’t you go and donate some money to the relief efforts for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Given that your friend ranted 17 times with tweets over the weekend, he had no time to draw attention to this natural disaster that is endangering so many people.
Surely as a baseball fan you know about how important this area is with a fine threshold for success and failure.
So since they are Americans as well, why not put your time to productive use?
First, u don’t know anything about my political beliefs and u never will. Second, u don’t know what I have already done for people and places in need, especially this past month, and u never will. Third, anyone who uses the excuse that they aren’t protesting the anthem and flag is just full out disrespectful then to those who feel offended by their protest. It’s very simple. If you feel you need to make a stand for something, do it a different way. I can be very supportive of that. But to obviously offend those who risk their lives everyday protecting us, that doesn’t look good. That won’t ever help your cause. Figure out a different way of getting your point across but never ever ever do anything that can offend those who have fought and bled for that flag. Ever! It’s like burning the flag! Never!!! And anyone who accepts that form of protest, no matter the right or not to do it (given by those who have bled for the flag) is just as disrespectful as those protesting. I always knew your true colors. Most in this forum do. But to see these comments come for you just further points out the flaws in the argument. The are Americans, making millions to play a game. Be an American and solute those who gave u that opportunity and instead if each player that kneeled pooled their money and resources to such an important cause as what they are protesting for, then they may actually make a change. That’s the only way change can be made long term in this scenario. The players and actors coming from areas where issues occur need to be the one to help revive it. They are just as guilty as the people they are protesting against if they do not try harder than anyone else to fix the problems. Players and actors make 100s of millions at times. Why is not 95% of that from these kneelers going into the cities and towns and government that can actually help. That’s my problem. And never ever ever disrespect the flag and those who fought for it, intentionally or unintentionally. That is just bad.
Blah, blah, blah.
Do something good for a change and donate money to Puerto Rico’s recovery rather than keep up your rant
Hey frank–one more thing. For someone who claims that “u don’t know about my
Political beliefs” you are correct as this is a site for BASEBALL. You brought the dumb weekend activities into the discussion with your political dissertation.
So troll on over to Breitbart buddy where u can get passionate with your brethren.
You are better off there anyway since you have little positive contributions for other baseball fans!