Oct. 10: Shelton’s interview will be an in-person sitdown next week, Sherman tweets.
Oct. 9: Twins bench coach Derek Shelton has emerged as a name to watch in the Mets’ search for a manager. The club has received permission to speak with Shelton, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, though he notes it’s unclear whether the two sides will meet for a face-to-face interview. New York is reportedly doing some due diligence on candidates and won’t bring everyone to town for an in-person interview.
Shelton’s the fourth potential candidate to come to the fore today for the Mets, who will discuss the job with former major league manager Joe Girardi, ex-outfielder Carlos Beltran and current Diamondbacks vice president of player development Mike Bell as they seek a replacement for Mickey Callaway. Like Beltran and Bell, Shelton has no managerial experience at the big league level. However, the former minor league catcher did manage in the Yankees’ farm system several years back, and he has established himself as a well-regarded MLB assistant in more recent seasons.
The 49-year-old Shelton held important roles with the Indians, Rays and Blue Jays before joining the Twins prior to 2018. He worked under Paul Molitor that year before serving as rookie manager Rocco Baldelli’s right-hand man during an AL Central-winning campaign this season. Shelton interviewed for the job before the Twins selected Baldelli, and it seems he’s lining up as a popular candidate for teams that are currently searching for a manager. Shelton has also been connected to the Pirates, with “possibly others” in the mix for his services, per Sherman.
The Mets should go for a proven experienced manager. The team is old and aging. A young or inexperienced manager will do nothing for them. Personally, I think Joe Girardi is the best option for them.
Alonso, McNeill, Nimmo, Conforto, Rosario, Davis, Syndergaard, Diaz, Matz, Smith all under the age of 30. Old and Aging? What are you talking about? The core of this team is not Cano and Ramos.
I was trying to be a wise guy and make a joke that their team is Degrom himself.
With that being said, out of all the guys you mentioned, only Alonso and maybe McNeil have any real future with the team. I believe Nimmo and Conforto are trade bait and at least one of them will be elsewhere next season. I’m not a believer of Rosario at all.
No you weren’t making a joke. You really have no clue.
and you wonder why your team did not win the division this year. I think you are clueless. You are just listing a bunch of names that have not put together a season of 90 plus wins. It will be especially difficult to win in the NL East. You are the type of guy you thought the Mets were going to win the division in 2019. Sometimes it is okay to be objective!
As opposed to the Giants who were Bumgarner and a bunch of garbage who made some deal with the devil. Seriously…Ishikawa and Gillespie? Talk about the Bucky Dents of the 2010s
I’m a Braves fan ahaha.
And screw the Cardinals!
And you’re on here today of all days sniping at other teams
Okay, you BELIEVE that Nimmo and Conforto are trade bait. And you don’t believe in Rosario.
I believe – actually I KNOW -that you don’t know what you’re talking about.
wow. terrible take on the Mets.
13-1. nuff said
Alonso, McNeill, Rosario, Smith, Davis, Nimmo, Conforto, Syndergaard, Stroman, Matz, Diaz all UNDER the age of 30! What are you talking about?
I would prefer Girardi but good Lord at least speak with facts.
I agree with metsie 1 on all accounts.Mets core is young.Starting pitching is strong.Cano and Ramos do have value despite age.The bullpen with every team every year is a crapshoot.Hopefully,Diaz gets straightened out as well as Familla.
If those two had been up to par,the Mets would have been in the playoffs .The pen is their top need and priority.
If the Phillies had a bullpen, they would have got there as well. If the Nats had a bullpen, they would have won the division over the inferior Braves. At some point, people need to realize your what-ifs could still have ended up with the same result. This Mets team has as big of flaws as the rest of the division. They did not lose because of Callaway, they lost because they play in the toughest division in baseball.
Conforto will probably be traded. Rosario is garbage. It is not like everyone didn’t witness Rosario suck it up in his entire career other than the final 3 months of the season.
Comforts isn’t getting traded and Rosario ‘s career is just a few seasons.He is anything but garbage.He will only improve more and more.
You realize Rosario is only 23 yrs old. He was playing in the bigs when most people are in double A. Needs more time b4 we all know if he is garbage.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: every single manager who coached their team to a World Series win from 2006-2017 did so with at least their second team as a manager. Winners hire managers with experience to get talented young teams over the finish line. The Mets would be foolish to pass up Girardi or Showalter when they’re falling into their laps
I thought the days of rookie managers was no longer a priority in Metsland
Calloway had zero managerial experience. Candidates like Shelton have experience in the minors. It’s the same game.
Not the same with regard to talent and egos, though…
SOMEBODY REPOST THAT HOWIE KENDRICK IS DESTORYING THE BALL ARTICLE RN FOR THE THIRD TIME
somebody please fix this man’s caps lock
It’s fine to cover all bases but you better be right if you bring in another first time manager. Why not have then kept Mickey who you knew the players enjoyed playing for and importantly showed promise after a rough first year?
Maybe because it was Mickey’s SECOND year? Maybe because he blew at least a half dozen games (and that’s being kind) from either pulling pitchers too early or making horrible in game decisions?
Maybe that’s why.
First managerial job. That was Dewey’s point.
The team improved and the players seemed to mostly buy into him even if the fans didn’t. My point was exactly what you stated. I can understand going with an experienced manager but not another first time one.
He didn’t show any promise at all he was even worse.
Mets fan here. Callaway did some good things like helping to establish the younger players and, for the most part, got what he could with who he had.
His biggest issues were:
1) Batting Cano 3rd for 1/2 the season
2) Allowing Diaz to try and “get himself right” in the 9th inning of way too many losses that should have been won.
3) Allowing Syndergaard to tell the manager who should play, thus taking their most consistent rbi guy out of the lineup against other teams’ #2 starters.
4) Not using Lugo late in games earlier in the season.
5) Not pushing his starters to try to get three more outs when the bullpen was at it’s worst.
6) Way too many prolonged losing streaks and consistently losing games that should be won.
7) Not batting Conforto ahead of Cano
8) playing public head games with Rosario and Matz
9) batting Rosario 8th for way too many games when that’s where Cano should have been
10) For a guy who is supposed to be such a pitching guru, why did nearly every pitcher go backwards this year and have to turn to an 80 year old coach for the last 60 games?
11) I know Alonso hit 2nd most of the year and that is one theory, but you have a guy hit 50+ homeruns, why wouldn’t you hit him third and have your two best on base guys ahead of him? Personally, I really like McNeil and Conforto in front of Alonso, heck even JD Davis. Batting third, Alonso gets just as many at bats but probably has 30% more runners on base than he did.
12) Syndergaard is NOT a #2 starter anymore, he is a 4 at best and there is just something wrong with his head. Honestly, it would not break my heart if we traded him for a true right handed hitting center fielder that can steal bases, hit doubles and get on base.
13) Mets missed the post season by 3 games. If I’m Callaway I’m blaming myself first, the front office second for not acquiring outfield help, veteran bullpen arms or a solid right handed hitting 4th outfielder and for never replacing Cespedes.
…missed the post season by 3 very attainable games – IF we don’t throw away so many early in the season batting Cano 3rd.
In my honest opinion, unless the order came down from the front office that Cano had hit third and Diaz had to have every 9th inning, Callaway deserved to be fired. If not, then he should have been retained for what he did actually accomplish.
All that being said, the next Mets manager has to trick the brass into thinking he is a “yes man” to get hired, then actually DO what needs to be done on the field and in the clubhouse regardless of what the front office tries to dictate. I don’t think Showalter or Gerardi can pull that off. Just say no to people with zero managing experience and give it to someone who has actually been in our own system that the young players already know, not some outsider.
As to point number 12)….
Starling Marte for Thor sounds like a win win.
Because the players enjoyment of playing for Calloway may have been part of the problem.
Jim stem
The issues that you designate are really your personal preferences or hind sight in nature. Hind sight is twenty twenty.
Case in point Cano hitting third two long.
1 Cano has a track record of being a consistent all star caliber hitter for entire career
2 Even the second half of 2018 , after returning from suspension, reports said he was still racking
3 during spring training he asked to play almost every day and was highly productive
4 He took on the role of veteran leader ( Rosario )
5 If you combine all of these points it stands to reason that a manager would stay with him a lot longer then most
I think any objective person could give a solid defense for every one of the issues
Again hind sight is a lot different then real time, when there are a lot of things going on that the outside observer doesn’t know
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Should be Girardi,Showalter or even Baker forget about all of these bench coaches or inexperienced ex players they should have to put their time into being a hitting coach or pitching coach first. I would take Cone as a pitching coach
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Giants – Kapler
Phillies – Gonzalez
Royals – Sveum
Angels – Maddon
Padres – Ausmus
Cubs – Girardi
The Mets should Interview their Triple A manager Tony DeFrancesco. He had a lot of these guys in the last two years at Las Vegas and Syracuse, has a lot of experience managing baseball especially at the AAA level (which Mickey Callaway obviously didn’t) and managed a lot of talent from the A’s AAA teams and the Astros AAA teams. He carries a .554 lifetime winning percentage over 14 seasons managing at that level. He’s managed Kiki Hernandez, Josh Donaldson, Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel, Alex Bregman, Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, and on and on. My guess is he would be inexpensive enough for the Wilpons. I don’t understand how if the Mets want to make a splash they would consider Mike Bell and Carlos Beltran who haven’t even coached first base at the big league level. That would be a belly flop, in my opinion, without talking to Tony D who is a naturally born New Yorker,and a hell of a manager.
And if you take Tony D’s AAA winning percentage and apply it to a 162 game big league season,it comes out to him AVERAGING a 90 win season. How is that for your number crunchers, BVW! ?!!?!!!
Beltran to the Mets
Shelton to the Pirates