Blue Jays ownership recently denied the Mets’ request to interview Toronto president/CEO Mark Shapiro as part of New York’s ongoing front office search, report Ken Davidoff, Joel Sherman and Mike Puma of the New York Post. Shapiro becomes the third known Mets’ target of the day to be ruled out as a possibility, joining Brewers GM Matt Arnold and Cardinals GM Michael Girsch.
A Shapiro pursuit would’ve always been a longshot, not too dissimilar from New York’s earlier unsuccessful runs at A’s executive vice president Billy Beane and Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns. Shapiro has paired with general manager Ross Atkins to run baseball operations for the Jays since 2015, and he inked a five-year contract extension this January. The Post scribes suggest it’s unlikely Shapiro would’ve given much thought to making the jump to Queens even if Jays ownership had given him the opportunity to do so.
New York has also had reported interest in Giants GM Scott Harris and Dodgers assistant GM Brandon Gomes, but both took themselves out of consideration in favor of remaining with their current clubs. Los Angeles senior vice president of baseball ops Josh Byrnes is among the publicly-known candidates who haven’t since been ruled out; the Mets are also reportedly considering a couple of internal options, and there are surely potential targets with other organizations whose names have yet to be reported.
I’m glad the Blue Jays said no. I think Shapiro has done a nice job for them.
I agree, he and Atkins get a lot of undeserved flack it seems in Toronto, but they have built the team really well. It sucked to see SWR and Martin go, but if they can re-sign Berrios before he reaches free agency, I’ll take it. Still a few prospects left.
Hopefully the Mets don’t hire Dan o’dowd I’ll miss him too much calling fans idiots for their ridiculous trade proposals.
Starting to wonder if we’ll get pitched on “an apologetic Zack Scott will resume his role as acting GM after attending DWI School.”
Porter and Scott – besides their extracurricular activities – had similar resumes to some of these younger candidates. Porter is banned / suspended for another year, Scott is “on leave.”
In other news, Cohen/Mets are examining how to file a collusion grievance against the rest of MLB, but every lawyer they approach also turns them down.
Andy Martino
@martinonyc
Brian Sabean has not been on Mets radar during this search.
10:24 PM · Oct 27, 2021·Twitter Web App
He’d better be on their radar soon. They’re running out of blips.
The should just hire Josh Byrnes at this point. He’s well regarded for his talent evaluation something the Mets really need at this point.
Glad he isn’t the guy recently hasn’t drafted well. You do well with the Giant’s and back then deep pockets. But put him on the A’s, or the Royals lets see if he has those wins.
Yes Sabean’s track record of building a 3 time World Series champion shouldn’t be tolerated in Mets land
Is Omar Minaya the last man standing?
Sandy is the leaker.
Guy a bozo
The reek of desperation that was once comical is just sad now.
I half-expect Cohen and Alderson to hold a press conference and either say “We’re not crooks” or to shake some dice in their hands and mumble something about strawberries.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a situation quite like this in professional baseball. It’s now at the point that anyone that takes the job will be a running joke.
Maybe one of their wives can explain the situation to them.
It may be time…. I hear The Donald is still between gigs. The slogan is even adaptable.
Mets fans, just cry MAMA! Make amazing Mets again! C’mon, cry for MAMA!
They should hire Trump.
His own words” He alone can fix it”.
I was trying to keep things logical, realistic, and calm. Because it’s no where near as bad as the media portrays it. That’s one of the big reasons I love this website. The vast majority of these situations are either the executives current employer wouldn’t allow it or something like Beane (family reasons) or Theo (wanted a stake in the team). That last one may be who eventually becomes the top exec. Give him his 2% of the team (which is worth around 50 mil) and off they go. I’m totally guessing here, but Cohen may be waiting the market to set itself before committing a stake in his team. Again I’m guessing. But I’m starting to get worried. Although I think it’s the most unlikely of scenarios, people may just dislike Sandy Anderson or not want to work with him or people dislike Steve Cohen. That is possible and realistic. Cohen did some very bad things. Like legendarily bad. I work for a hedge fund and when I joined the company there are several days of training. One of the trainings is about Steve Cohen and what he did. It’s something that a lot of people hate. Anyway, I’m worried that they may have to go with someone who can’t handle the role or won’t succeed.
At what point do the Mets post the job on indeed and LinkedIn?
Craiglist under General Labor
I found it.
Janitorial services needed in Queens. Primary role is to clean up a pile of sh:t in the clubhouse.
They may have to go old school on monster.com.
Extremely normal. Cohen is starting with the best. It’s a smart call. Start with the very best where you may strike gold. If you don’t then you work your way down to the next tier, and so on. He’s also trying to avoid an “executive in training” scenario like the past 2.
There’s being optimistic and then there’s being delusional. That’s the difference between the Mets FO and everyone else.
How many times has an MLB team allowed a high-ranking FO member to make a lateral move to another organization?
Not many, and none of them were President of Baseball Ops.
@calabros
Everything you said is valid but the first two words. This is not “extremely normal” for any other team in the sheer number of candidates turning them down or the public spectacle of how its happening.
Mets should ask permission to speaker to the Janitors of all contending teams.
Lol
How about the Mets posting the GM job on this site?
Someone is going to print up and sell shirts in NYC that read:
I GOT INVITED TO INTERVIEW
FOR THE METS POBO POSITON
BUT I TURNED THEM DOWN
Person will make a fortune.
Is this common for most teams? I wanna believe that this happens regularly and it’s not just the entire league saying “lol Mets”.
I don’t think this is normal
It’s normal if a team is willing to pay to keep their talent but what seems abnormal us the number of those who have taken themselves out of consideration. Typically, those discreetly tell the hiring team they’re not interested.
It’s not. Cohen is rightfully aiming sky-high and missing.
This is also true, they are asking for people the others team value
Enough of the arrogant poaching attempts at top senior executives UNDER CONTRACT. Do what the small-markets have done — hire the “unproven” but smart & sharp “underling”. Enough of this nonsense.
Sometimes it’s the owner himself. Look at the Orioles and in the NBA, until recently, the Knicks.
He’s looking for the best of the best of the best Sir….sorry just watched Ghost busters…lol
Pretty sure that was MIB
With honors!
Don’t know why I typed that… I know it’s MIB.. OK I’m ready for my eye test
It’s normal. Just people over exaggerating bc it’s a New York team.
Definitely not normal.
Well, maybe because it’s a certain New York team.
Sabean WANTS to come the Mets, Steve!
It’s not normal at all
It’s not normal. In fact, this may be the only time in history this many offers for a big-market team has been turned down.
It’s nowhere near normal. If it was, this app would set up a dedicated section for FO rumors.
Plus, consider all the other teams looking to hire this winter, like the Padres. Haven’t seen them being rejected by every successful team in MLB, have you?
People like Beane, Shapiro, and Stearns shouldn’t be held against the Mets as it doesn’t hurt to ask about long shot candidates. And Arnold was denied permission to interview so that can’t be held against them either.
AGMs taking their names out of the running themselves is a bigger deal as it shows there is something preventing them from taking promotions. I have a feeling the presence of Sandy is scaring people away.
Sandys presence? More like that buffoon owner who can’t stay off social media. Smart people don’t want to deal with the media attention that will surely come weekly when Cohen asks the fans if the gm should make a trade for a new RP.
There’s your answer, let the fans be the GM. Just ask the fans and run polls…lol kidding of course but would be fun and I’d bet you’d have a heckofa fan base
With sandy there, whoever is hired is being hired to be a #2. Really #3 under Cohen too. Tough to leave a good situation to be the eventual scapegoat and it’s just a matter of time
In addition, Cohen is likely to be a Moreno type owner, who steps in and makes dumb impulse moves coaxed by agents. We’ve already seen it with Lindor
Dumb impulse moves? Ridiculous. The Mets were applauded for their Lindor trade and the local and national press were clamoring “pay the man.” At least be factually correct.
This is a huge pet peeve of mine. It’s never a good look when the owner is on Twitter every day talking to fans. Does he not have anything better to do with his billionaire life? Perception is everything, and I have to believe that the Mets are laughably considered New York’s white trash team amongst the leagues upper management and owners’ opinions. I was really hoping that change of ownership would forever wipe that image out. I guess I can’t have everything.
It’s def not the owner. Most GM’s would love to have an owner who had unlimited funds. The lack of interest is solely because of Sandy.
Wrong. Anyone who can buy a baseball franchise has adequate funds to propel a team forward. A problematic owner translates to unending headaches.
Ultimately, Sandy is replaceable. Cohen is not.
doesnt hurt? someone’s getting paid to ask and it’s a pipe dream any of those guys were ever going to come over. no, it does hurt.
If you think about the situation, not just with Sandy/Cohen, I can see why some might hesitate. Meh MLB team, not a great farm, some bad money and probably (unrealistic?) expectations to win quickly/not rebuild. Why take over someone else’s mess when you have something good where you’re at?
If this wasn’t funny before, it sure as hell is funny now
What young up and coming executive wouldn’t want to be hired to be the scapegoat of a billionaire who makes ridiculous promises to the media and thinks he can buy a contender?!
Does Matt Klentak still qualify as a young executive?
Andy McPhail is available if they only want guys making lateral moves.
I forgot he was ever even around. He seems so absent.
I mean, he’s 41
So yeah…
It’s starting to appear as if Cohen thinks that any executive for another team should be just dying to work for the Mets if asked. I don’t know how else to account for them asking so many guys for whom this would be a lateral move.
Ditto with the Yankees and their laughable, proposed trades in the Media.
Every team in baseball is not willing to take their scrubs and rejects and give up their best players and prospects just to trade with the Yankees.
Bring back Omar
Yes! A 200 million dollar payroll and a 4th place finish.
yeah brink back Omar so he can sign Albert Pujols to a 10 year deal!
Omar sucks and next to BVW ruined this team for years to come!
Brian Sabean is looking better every day. At least he’s willing to take the job. Apparently no one else even wants to think about it.
solaris, you could be next…polish up that old turd, they are calling you soon…I am too old…it is on you…
Sabean never said he’s willing to take the job.
Yes he did.
Nope. Considering something is not the same as being willing to take it. Since the Mets have not approached him, it’s possible the almighty Sandy Alderson does not want to work with Sabean. Do you really think Sabean would want to be bossed around by Alderson?
@ceyhey…
The word used was interested not considering (a little stronger wording). The Daily News article also used willing and excited
LOL
Do you believe things you read in the NY Daily News?
The Daily News???And you believe it??? LOL
The GM position has also changed significantly in recent years. It wasn’t that long ago that the President of Baseball Operations didn’t exist… but then teams needed to make a higher role than GM so they could steal other teams GMs that are only allowed to leave their current contracts if it’s for a promotion with another team.
The GM position is pretty much what used to be Assistant GM.. and it’s all run by sabermetrics for most teams these days, so why be what most fans see as the face of the front office in a market where the Mets will always be second to the Yankees, and fans are as bad as any fans in baseball.
@downsr30….
“As bad as any fans in baseball”???
*cough*cough*Phillies*cough*cough
Phillies fans were never booed by their own players.
And yes, this is a joke but honestly I love how the media and some fans like to give a single personality to a whole fanbase, as if thousands of people have the same exact mindset. Most fanbases are exactly the same…large masses of people with different personalities.
Please Please Please, Let the Mets inteview him. Please pay the Mets to take Shapiro away.
Shapiro is a great administrator and CEO but a terrible talent evaluator and he cannot win a WS. Twelve years of no winning in Cleveland and 5 years no winning in Toronto tells us that.
The BlueJays will NEVER win a World Series with Shapiro head of baseball for the BlueJays. That is why Anthopoulous didn’t stay. He knew better.
Dude, spoilers.
As a Tribe fan I suffered through all 12 of those years. Shapiro is great at fielding winning teams, but he’s allergic to making moves that put his teams over the top. And if you call him out on it he’ll put you to sleep with a 30-minute presser compiled of nothing but meaningless business speak. If that man has ever uttered one sentence of substantial information publicly, it would have been breaking news.
That has got to the dumbest narrative. Guy is good at making playoffs but can’t put together a team good enough to win World Series. Hey ignorant new fan, yeah you, the playoffs are a coin flip. Every. Single. Series. It’s not debatable.
Even if I actually won the trophy for dumbest narrative ever, that would still be more than Shapiro ever won.
Solar, what you said, that is exactly what Shapiro is and BlueJay’s fans and Edward Rogers have drank the business speak koolaid.
Fielding winning teams represents an excellent track record. And he did it despite a limited budget.
Cey, Irrelevant. Shapiro hasn’t won. Period.
He doesn’t understand pitching, and therein lies the rub.
How is it irrelevant if your owner is either restricting you from improving the roster, or even worse, forcing you to cut money?
That seems mighty relevant to someone’s ability to independently build a team. If a controlling owner has his hands everywhere, it really isn’t just the executive’s team, is it?
@ BeforeMcCourt;
What are you talking about?
The FO head is given a budget. If he exceeds it and can’t spend more that not ” restricting you from improving the roster, or even worse, forcing you to cut money”.
The Rays have had the smallest payroll budget in MLB for years. They deal with it quite well.
jimmertee
Cey, Irrelevant. Shapiro hasn’t won. Period.
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Absolute nonsense. Your point seems to be that someone with a $63M payroll should win a WS as often as someone with a $263M payroll. If we both car shopping, and you have $63,000 to spend, and I have $263,000 to spend, who do you think gets the better car?
Imagine only hiring GMs of POBO if they won a World Series. 22 teams wouldn’t ever have these positions filled.
Jimmer still hasn’t figured out only won team wins every year and more importantly more than one team is successful not just the team that wins.
Has Anthopoulous won anything?
Aren’t you the same person that said Bichette has no chance to hit in the Majors?
Aren’t you the same person that said Vladdy is an unmitigated bust?
How many times has AA won the Executive of the year??? I know how many times Shapiro has won it…
Worst and least knowledgeable Jays fan ever, sad you are the comments section representative for this teams fan base.
K man you are delusional.
If you are going to quote me get it correct. You are mistaken.
I said Vlad was going to be a star almost every single time I commented on Vlad even when the morons in these pages said the Jays should trade him after his first down year. I said be patient with Vlad, he is learning how to be a star.
For Bichette, I said he would be a below average shortstop and when his career was over he would be seen as a below average player because his swing was so explosive that his body wouldn’t be able to handle it over time and his wrists and core would give out. I started calling Bichette’s health issues when he was in AA. Regarding Bichette, we will see the injury bug hit him, just a few years, it will happen.
As far as AA goes, he is an elite evaluator and knows how to acquire players to try to win. Shapiro is terrible at both and is focused on “long-term” competitiveness because that gives him peace and job security, but he will never win , ever.
K Kid, you were saying? Braves in Six. Anthopoulous wins.
Take and I have to search for someone with some Mets routes or they’re gonna have to find themselves a veteran GM who is outside the young boys club
And that would be…
this is getting sad
One day there will be no one left to take the job except Metsfan22
He has emailed them his “pics” and is waiting to hear back.
I swear I’d be good af but I’m not qualified unfortunately
You would be horrible. Don’t pretend like you wouldn’t be.
How could you be unqualified but also good?
his true qualifications cant be written down on a résumé
DarkSide, that would make him perfectly qualified to run the Mets then!
Jon Heyman is reporting that the Mets are now turning their attention towards former Yankees traveling secretary George Costanza.
1st he has to get fired by the Yankees.
Maybe they think he can help Lindor learn to hit again like he did with Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams.
‘Assistant to the Travelling Secretary’
I hear they’re wheeling in “Trader” Jack McKeon. (“I’ll show these young whipper snappers what WAR is!!!!”).
I don’t find it particularly newsworthy that guys aren’t interested in making lateral moves to join the Mets, or that teams aren’t interested in letting the Mets poach their front office talent. The Phillies had the same problem last offseason before settling on Dombrowski. The legitimate problem is the apparent lack of interest from guys like Gomes or Girsch who (in a vacuum) you would expect to want a chance at a higher ranking position (insofar as being involved with the Mets can ever be a “higher ranking position”).
I also don’t think Cohen being a knucklehead & a walking PR nightmare is necessarily a good explanation either. Owners over-promise and say stupid things all the time. The bigger issue to me is Cohen’s insistence on keeping Alderson in a poorly defined role that seems liable to interfere in baseball ops (especially if things go badly). Why would anyone want to be a POBO for the Mets when they have one on staff unofficially who the owner clearly has a lot of reverence for?
The problem with the Sandy narrative is he has one more year on his contract. If no one has been interviewed yet and they are compiling a list of those who are interested for interview purposes, I find it hard to believe they would keep Sandy around if during any interview, it became clear they could not hire their choice because Sandy was still on board. The reporting on this issue has been speculative and amateurish.
Dombrowski was the Phillies Ownership’s 1st choice.
He turned them down since he was working to bring an expansion team to Nashville.
Phillies circled back to Dombrowski after they had looked at other candidates.
Phillies Ownership talked Dombrowski into taking the gig.
So, that makes Dombrowski the both the Phillies 1st and last choice.
It’s getting exciting. If Al Avila turns them down, I get to shout, “Bingo.”
Please don’t turn them down, Al. It’ll be just you and Stevie taking the Big Apple by storm. Think of the millions of adoring fans. You want this job, Al!
Should ask the Athletics about Billy Owens. Had the Padres let Preller go i would have like to see them go after Owens.
Do the Mets understand his hiring baseball executives works? Are they trying? Did someone put their 17 year old kid in charge of interviewing?
At this point, I wouldn’t even be shocked if Matt Klentak or Jeff Bridich turned the Mets down. Even though those are probably the 2 favorites for the job at this point.
Brian Sabean.
This is becoming too comical for its own good. I may have to change my name next to “Latest GM Denied for The Mets”
That would only last a brief moment and your comment would be outdated by the newest guy.
Per the NY Post Sports:
“Mets owner Steve Cohen continues to run the search with the counsel of Alderson, and among the other people he is keeping in the loop is former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a longtime friend of Cohen’s who joined the Mets’ board of governors this season.”
Chris Christie is going to be the Mets hire, isn’t he?
The other people include his hedgefund buddies.
oh dear goodness this is too good.
They’re going to need a big & tall chair
Next the Post will say Christie advised Cohen to close Citifield’s “Shea Bridge!”
Cohen will end up with a Gambino family member.
Chris Christie is the curse that the Mets have to exorcise. Mets go for the big name and bring Bill Parcells out of retirement ,only because Al Arbour is dead.
I wish they would just stop letting this stuff get out. It’s becoming discouraging.
Guys. Stop it. Develop your own execs.
Mets would bring a curse on Shapiro as they do everyone else.. leave the rest of us alone !!
Heh. We’re now at the point where the Mets’ dysfunction is more entertaining than the World Series.
The Braves should have execs who turned down the Mets throw out the first pitch at home World Series games.
Not enough first pitchers for that size crew! We’re already two games in and there are only five more, yet what about 7 that have turned the Mets down???
Maybe it’s not about the Mets. Maybe, just maybe, it’s about the city of New York!
Ridiculous. If it was the Yankees, applicants would be lining up along the GW Bridge to get interviewed..
Candidates would definitely be lining up if it were the Yankees. Especially since they know Hal gives his employees absurd amounts of job security (see: Brian Cashman), as opposed to Cohen who has already fired a ton of people in the less than 1 year he’s been with the Mets.
So you’re one of those. Have you actually been to New York or just read about it once?
Has nothing to do with the City, obviously. It’s clearly the team. Your deduction skills need improvement.
Give Josh Byrnes a chance. At least he has a strong track record of drafting quality players. That’s something the Mets haven’t had in a while. I’ve gotta assume no one wants Alderson lurking over their shoulder though.
As per SNY reporter most of these reports are bogus Mets never got to speak these people as they ask permission any were denied permission that’s ok but they may come to regret this sooner or later Cohen will get someone and then he will turn his attention to those who turned him down they will be signing there free agents at very high prices or lose them
Cohen has already screwed up by grossly overpaying Lindor. Are you saying he’s gonna overpay a bunch of other players as well out of spite? Seems like a dumb way to do business. Why do you think Cohen is dumb?
That’s a cute story, Adam.
Revenge signings?
Hire Pedro Martinez so I never have to hear him on tbs postseason again.
Probably nothing left for Cohen to do but back the truck up with his billions and wreck the league with outrageous contracts. Ignore the luxury tax. Who cares? When your worth 17 billion dollars just destroy the pay structure. These other teams are denying you permission because of your money. Use it. No one can compete with you. Just collect players and drive the salaries so high up that they can’t compete on an unlevel playing field. First chance you get destroy the small market teams like the Brewers. Hey it’s business. Other teams won’t like it but who cares? Hey Steve Just like in your business go play hardball. They’ll come around.
Vengeance signings?
Kingman1 — Brewers owner Mark Attanasio was the smart one in voting no to Cohen’s purchase of the Mets. He knows the potential damage that man can cause to the game. It’s already happening.
The biggest problem with your proposition, kingman, is the mere fact that rich people do not like to spend money they don’t need to spend. Money is his priority over all else. He’s not going to spend his most prized possession (wealth) to make a statement to the league.
Of course, you don’t have the foggiest idea whether or not that is true.
He’s worth $15B. The annual return from that, at 5%, is $750M. If he makes or loses $20M from the operation of the NYMs, he wouldn’t even notice.
For a lot of wealthy people, the destination is not the wealth, The destination is self-esteem. It’s why people like this spend big money on a Picasso, a new wing at the museum, or in this case, a BB team.
For example, if you had $15B, would you rather Tell people that you are now worth $15.01B, or would you rather show everyone your WS ring, or your WS trophy?
He is still a bad owner and scumbag and no one wants to work for him.
It’s going to be an awkward introductory press conference when they do hire someone. They’ll say something like this person was always the top option
He was the only one who didn’t block our #
This is like a guy walking around a club asking each of the hottest girls out and getting turned down. Everyone can see it happening but dude presses on.
Eventually it’ll get close to closing time. Let’s see where this goes.
Too funny
They keep swiping left.
But did he score??? All that counts 🙂
I hear Bobby Bonilla is NOT looking for work…
Roflmao
I felt bad for the Mets after the Brewers GM took his name out of the running…
But now it’s back to LOLMets!!
How many punchlines can one joke have?
The Mets are looking to push those boundaries further than any of us could ever have imagined…
Jason McLeod
Mets should try offering their 1st round pick from 2021.
Seriously? Bug off NY! He just signed an extension. What on earth makes the Mets think even have the right to ask Toronto for him? So obnoxious. The Mets have done well to do nothing good for their organization. Bug off and get away from ours!
Egomaniacal people don’t think in terms of context. They only consider what they want and what suits their own worldview.
If I were another teams ownership I wouldn’t give me permission either. But once I build the front office I know I’ll have at some point, I’ll be giving out more Vitamin (H)ate for everyone.
He who laughs last type deal.
Till then I’m LOL’n with you.
May be there’s bad blood or another between Sandy and Sabean, I’d love to see him come aboard; On the other hand, possibly Sandy is protecting his son’s job, blood is thicker than water. This is a tough call knowing how bad the culture has been..It did scare me to see the pitching coach rehired, I would have rather seen them totally clean house and let the new manager bring some of his own people with him.
Cohen needs to send Sandy away, it’s clear no one wants to work under that antique that hasn’t won anything since the 1989 A’s.
How many more people are going to turn down the job? Seriously…..
Sandy is not the problem,
Cohen is the problem.
Sandy built the 2015 Mets team that was 90-72
that Won the National League Championship and played in the World Series.
Exactly and Cohen is listing to Krispy Kreme Chris Christie.
a lot of those players on the 2015 team were from the previous regime.
Why would Rogers deny the request, just let Shapiro reject them personally like everyone else
Because it’s a statement from him to the rest of the league as well. “You’re not taking him from us.” Or, perhaps he asked Rogers to step in so he doesn’t burn a bridge for the future.
It was just a joke buddy.
Weird. That smart girl you wanted to ask out 10 years ago is single, and she’s at the high school reunion…She grew up a lot, and so what if she got threw out of Harvard Business School for cheating @Uncle Steve….Jeff Lunhow would be perfect for the Mets….It’s not like he drafted Correa, Kyle Tucker, Bregman, and found Yordan A., Altuve, Uriquay, Framber for 5k-20k and signed Brantley, traded for Verlander and Cole when it was time to go for it….It’s almost like the Mets wanna be LOLMets by hiring Josh Brynes.
I agree he’s deserves another chance and is a great GM, but he’s still suing the Astros and simply may not want the job
He should sue the Asstros. He’s been punished far more than anyone else, and the developers and executors of the multi-year cheating scandal were given immunity!
And JOBS. AJ Hinch knew about it he was in the dugout you could HEAR THE BANG BANG. Listen to it. Alex Cora was IN THE DUGOUT. So was Carlos Beltran.
And they all have MLB jobs after 1 year suspensions.
Why not hire Luhnow for the Mets?!
If the Mets want someone who would make a difference they should hire me
There has to be a black sheep member of the Steinbrenner family somewhere who is aching to take the reins of the poor Mets after their epic death spiral this season.
Nope, Hal already had a job.
These guys turning down the job read the employee reviews on Glassdoor.com
Hire Jeff Luhnow and never look back.
“Congratulations, you were our 303rd choice for the job!” doesn’t quite have the same ring as “You’re the first person we wanted!”
It’s gonna be John Hart and Coppy. I just know it.
Brian Sabean all day
The guy that had the Giants payroll budget, major league roster, and farm system in tatters for years before he was phased out now walks on water (same with Epstein, but not as bad)? And fans here think that George Steinbrenner built winning teams by just spending money so FO people and managers were happy to work for him.
Hey, maybe the Mets can get Matt Carpenter from the Cardinals. Look how good he used to hit and field. I hear he’s interested in a playing a starting position for them.
@Samuel Ding ding ding, YOU GET IT. Finally someone who gets why the Giant’s moved on from Brian Sabean, and went with a more of a TODAY’S GM. All of these guys want Brian Sabean because they think ohhh well Cohen has DEEP pockets and we can just go out there and spend spend spend. Yet the two teams that are in the World Series is because yes they acquired players. But they also have GM’S who Developed and drafted well. Yes they went thru rebuilds but you have to or you don’t win. Hence the Yankees, and Dodgers.
Yes the Dodgers do well in the regular season yet come playoff time they don’t go ANYWEHER. Hey ask the Yankees how’s it working out form them oh yea that’s right barley making the playoffs.
Maybe these guys are just happy where they or prefer their current positional job responsibilities?
I am officially withdrawing my name from consideration for the NYM’s POBO job.
My phone rang at 6 am and I was momentarily concerned it might be Steve Cohen on the other end of the line.
I can’t wait for the quotes when they finally fill the position after the 263rd offer: “This is the guy we wanted all along. He was our top choice and we targeted him right from the start!”
The guy how finally takes the job will come out with a paper bag over his head; the unknown POBO.
Another one bites the dust LMAO
Starting at 1 P.M Today i’m going to make a cup of coffee and just sit back and watch how the Mets get denied by Billy Owen’s, Pat Bendix, James Washington. Then i’m going to read the Hire Brian Sabean chants hire Brian Sabean chants just because he is a big name and wants more money in his bank account before he dies. Then read how Jeff Luhnow knew about the cheating when clearly he wasn’t in the dugout but AJ Hinch, Alex Cora, and Carlos Beltran where.
They’re just going to have to face the facts , and go with Ed Kranepool , or Keith Hernandez .
The truth about the Mets POBO search is a lot of these candidates have dirt in their background that will be exposed if they take the job
They saw what happened to Porter and Callaway. How many other executives have a similar history? Probably very many
Jeff Luhnow would shake up the Mets and the Baseball World.
MLB and Astros Owner Jim Crane threw Luhnow under the bus as a fall guy/scape goat for the sign stealing.
Luhnow’s lawyer has identified many Astros emails that prove Luhnow was not involved with the sign stealing…
Emails that are specifically labelled
“DO NOT SHARE WITH OR TELL JEFF LUHNOW”
Cohen needs to “grow a pair” , Go all “Al Davis” and hire Jeff Luhnow.
It would be Al Davis/Raiders/Rozelle all over again.
Imagine in a 2-3 years, pictures on the field of Cohen and Luhnow
raising the World Series trophy with a dejected looking Rob Manfred
“eating crow” on the other side of the TV announcer
(like the picture of Al Davis raising the Super bowl trophy
and glaring at Pete Rozelle…CLASSIC)!
But, Cohen is too much of a wimp to do this…
Cohen doesn’t care that every Met fan is now wearing the scarlet letter “M” because we are all getting screwed in public. And like a fool I thought Cohen over he Tampons would be an improvement.
As a Cowboy and Met fan, I am truly cursed. They both should be perennial powerhouses since they have a resource advantage. With a cap in football and a luxury tax in baseball, they can’t outspend everyone on players. I don’t understand why they don’t use that financial advantage in every other aspect of the organization?
Jerry Jones can pay Moore and Quinn triple what they are offered to be head coaches. The Mets could pay a POB and GM millions more to work for them. I know money isn’t everything, but plenty of people follow the money. Why don’t the Mets just come out and say that’s what they will do to get the best employees into their organization?
One thing in common both have JACKASS OWNERS and money doesn’t always talk.Especially to work for an hands on owner.
Mike Hill is available. Fits right in with the Mets tradition. Loria can put in a good word to Cohen. Hill is a great Yes Man. He’d completely help Cohen with getting more Tweets out.
Mets miss on another Mgr Bob Melvin he would not come here anyway but they did not even try.
I see a Mexican League Mgr and some has been Gm with a name.