4:50 pm: The Mets recently obtained permission from the A’s to speak with Beane to gauge his interest in the vacancy, reports Joel Sherman of the New York Post (Twitter link). However, Beane informed Alderson at that point that he didn’t wish to pursue the position.
1:28 pm: Athletics executive vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane has with drawn his name from consideration for the Mets’ vacant president of baseball operations role, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports (Twitter link). MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweeted earlier in the day that the Mets were quite pessimistic about their chances of luring Beane, and the Mets have also reportedly been denied permission to interview Brewers president David Stearns for what would be a lateral move. It’s the second straight year the Brewers have denied the Mets permission to interview Stearns.
The Mets’ early reported wishlist of Theo Epstein, Beane and Stearns has, in largely unsurprising fashion, fizzled out rather quickly. Epstein spoke with owner Steve Cohen earlier this month, after which reports indicated the two agreed there was no fit in place. Epstein stepped down as Cubs president of baseball operations this time last year and said shortly thereafter that while he did envision an eventual “third chapter” to his baseball operations career, he planned to be away from the rigors of a full-time baseball ops job for more than a year.
Both Beane and Stearns, meanwhile, are under contract with their current organizations through at least the 2022 season. Beane, in particular, would’ve been an ambitious target given that he’d need to divest his minority ownership stake in the A’s in order to take a job with the Mets, where former Beane mentor Sandy Alderson is the current team president.
There’s been a good bit of speculation regarding the Mets and that trio, but given Epstein’s comments last year and the contractual status of Stearns and Beane, all three have seemed like long shots. The initial composition of the Mets’ list suggests that they’re aiming for experienced, high-profiled executives to take up the president of baseball operations mantle in Queens, but it’s not yet clear who’ll be interviewed for the post.
Former Padres and D-backs general manager Josh Byrnes, currently a senior vice president of baseball operations with the Dodgers, has reportedly been the subject of internal discussions among the Mets. SNY’s Andy Martino suggested over the weekend that the Mets could look to Brewers GM Matt Arnold, Giants GM Scott Harris or Dodgers assistant GM Brandon Gomes.
Hiring either Arnold or Harris would require the Mets to offer a president of baseball operations title, as executives are generally only allowed to interview with other clubs in order to pursue a promotion (hence the Brewers denying permission to speak to Stearns). Gomes could conceivably be hired as a general manager, although Martino reported that the Dodgers could be prepared to promote Gomes to that position within their own organization if he draws interest elsewhere. Los Angeles does not currently have a general manager under president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman and has not since then-GM Farhan Zaidi was hired away by the division-rival Giants.
Oldman58
Who’s next on the Mets list, Carlos Beltran? Lolol
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Luhnow as GM and Beltran as manager. Because Darth Vader withdrew his name from consideration.
JoeBrady
Darth wants to set the record straight by saying he has certain standards he needs to maintain.
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Exactly, Jar Jar Binks might be more apropos.
Dan Hunter
Beltran will be worse than Rojas,
josebatista89
Say what you want to say but Lunhow is better than Scott Harris, or Josh Byrnes, or Brandon Gomes. He has a track record and if A.J Hinch and Alex Cora, were both given chances. This guy was able to rebuild and when Bregman, Atluve, Springer, and Correia, came up was aggressive in trade deadlines.
Giants74
@jose What? Your comment about Scott Harris is stupid. 2021 is first full season as a GM. It is ridiculous to compare to a guy that has been on job for a decade.
josebatista89
Its not stupid The Mets have had nothing but bad GM’S these past couple of years and they would benefit from hiring someone with experience. Lunhow has been around many years and has had success. He has 6 world series rings dating back to the Cardinals and was there head Scout. The guy knows how to build a team. Heck the team he built is still going strong. This is what the Mets need. I’m not saying Scott Harris won’t be a good GM but let him be a GM elsewhere the Mets need someone with experience.
SportsFan0000
Luhnow built two top contending teams including the Astros.
Luhnow, AJ, Cora were made the “scapegoats” l”falll guys”
for the sign stealing scandal even thought the facts show they had nothing to do with it.
IT WAS THE PLAYERS.
Players were protected by the Players Union from discipline.
Team management and coaches were blamed for
“failure to supervise” players.
Cora is now managing the Red Sox after his suspension.
AJ Hinch is now managing the Tigers.
L:uhnow deserves to be working as a President of Baseball operations
and/or GM somewhere in MLB.
Mets can get a crackerjack PBO/GM if the hire Luhnow now?!
Otherwise, it is the same song and dance hiring unqualified Front Office
people who cannot get the job done etc…
Fred Park
@sportsfanoooo, yes, you put the case succinctly and well.
I care about the Mets because Gil Hodges cared.
So I hope they get it done.
SportsFan0000
Big Bruhaha about some sign stealing?! It goes on all the time!
Google it!
Sign stealing is as old as baseball.
What about the 4-5 Titles the NYY won with drugged up/roided up players?!
That was worse than sign stealing.
Yet, Cashman did not get suspended and is still working?!
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Signing stealing with high tech different than using naked eye.
Al Hirschen
Glen Sather Is available
cleonswoboda
great,Sather as GM and Rex Ryan as coach.
GrandSlammer
probably Mike Francesa
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Urban Meyer should be available soon.
GrandSlammer
Nope, winning a game in London was the Jaguars Super Bowl. Urban just earned a 5 year contract extension at minimum.
Al Hirschen
Add still take Jerome from Manhattan as a GM
jopeness
he will think about future offers while snowblow’in.
johnsilver
Imagine Omar minaya would love to have the job.
KermitJagger
Ed Wade.
iverbure
Cohen himself is quickly imo the biggest reason to avoid the Mets. How many successful sports franchises have a outspoken owner these days? Stearns really want to leave Milwaukee where he makes every decision to come to New York and get overruled on some baseball decisions along with answering constant questions from the media about the owner.
MLB Top 100 Commenter
You can be an outspoken owner without being a micromanager. It is too early to tell if Cohen will be a micromanager, maybe- no guarantees- once he has his guys in and they don’t have to be removed for transgressions- he will give them some space and just try to take credit if something ever goes well. That is what you hope for in a sports owner.
iverbure
They better make a decision pretty quickly though. The offseason is like two weeks away.
JeffreyChungus
I would like to throw my hat in the ring for this job.
First order of business? Acquiring David Fletcher
baseballpun
Based on your username, I don’t think I want to see the second order of business.
harrystyles
I would totally 69 David Fletcher
JeffreyChungus
Honestly same
Giants74
Grown tired of walking the streets. Tough to walk in stilletos these days.
mlb fan
The delusional, dysfunctional New York Mets, still going after the same baseball guys, Beane, Stearns and Theo that were not interested in the same job a year ago.
VonPurpleHayes
The Mets need to look forward, not backward. But Cohen just likes the big splash. He’s chasing headlines.
Deleted User
The worst part about the Mets GM job is you have to take over dysfunction, yet the fans expect you to win with that dysfunction. At least the Rockies fans are too high to care about the dysfunction in the front office.
Dustyslambchops23
Coming in to a low bar situation isn’t so bad, provided that you have the authority to push change. I’m thinking the latter is the true concern as to why people aren’t interested in this job, if you can’t actually control your own fate you are just signing up to continue the cycle of dysfunction
Bill M
I’m thinking the people who aren’t in this job are pretty happy with their current job
MLB Top 100 Commenter
I am not sure that Rockies management is that dysfunctional it is more that their owner is cheap.
Jean Matrac
It isn’t that the Rockies owner is cheap, it’s that he’s delusional about his team’s chances to win with the current roster, and that a rebuild isn’t necessary.
YankeesBleacherCreature
@tad I think neither the Rockies nor the Angels have delusional ownerships. They’re perennially packing their respective stadiums under the pretense of contention and do a good job at convincing casual fans.
Gothamcityriddler
The front office is pretty high on something as well. There is no other way to explain all the asinine moves they’ve made over the years. Party on boys, party on! Ahahahaja!
MLB Top 100 Commenter
I think that Moreno genuinely wants a championship. They just have not been smart about it. And once you have a Trout and Ohtani, it is hard to let them go for a chance to better compete. Whereas the Rockies could have traded Arenado for much more if they had not wanted to get some salary savings. And had they spent more in the first place, maybe Arenado would not have wanted to leave.
Gumby82
Bummer (from an A’s fan)
dirkg
This comment makes no sense. There’s a reason Billy Beanes name comes up every year. The As have been one of the most successful franchises in MLB since he took over in 1998. You understand this, correct? Dude has his own movie. He was played by Brad Pitt. Holy crap man.
soup94
Scott Harris would be a steal if the Mets were able to land him.
Pete'sView
At this stage, wouldn’t that be a lateral move? And—considering Harris just joined the Giants a year ago—not only a perfect reason for SF to block such a discussion, but also Harris is in a great position that he’s only now settling in to.
wildboyz
No, it would be a promotion.
Zaidi is above him in the pecking order in SanFran.
Pete'sView
I don’t think that’s the point. If the Mets are talking about the GM position, it would only be a lateral move (ie. the same position he holds with the Giants).
kahnkobra
they’d be looking at harris and byrnes for pobo not gm
Deleted_User
When they are talking about promotion vs. lateral move they are talking about abilities and responsibilities within the organization. Not title. Some organizations don’t have a PoBO. Like, after 2016, Mike Hazen went from being the Red Sox GM to being the Diamondbacks GM, which sounds like a lateral move on paper. But in reality, Dave Dombrowski was the one calling the shots in Boston whereas in Arizona, Hazen would be the quarterback.
MLB Top 100 Commenter
How has that worked for him?
DarkSide830
hire and develop your own execs maybe
True2theorange&blue
That’s the problem Mets FO is lacking from within like the talent on the field and minors
YankeesBleacherCreature
Obviously that was lacking when BWV was made a GM.
bucsfan0004
Why did the Mets sign Lindor to a huge contract? Wouldnt that deter the appeal of luring in one of these proven GMs/PoBOs who want to build a franchise from the bottom up?
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Cohen probably wanted to do a big splash early so fans would know that they did not get another cheap owner. Lindor will bounce back but still a serious overpay.
BSpar
How about Neil Huntington lol
bucsfan0004
Huntington was just doing the bidding of the owner, who is still in search of his white whale: a cheap, controllable starting pitcher under contract for many years with a series of team options. First time they tried it, it only cost them Neil Walker. Second time, it cost them the entire fan base.
Gratefuljim
Bob Nutting is a horrible owner. Runs team like his newspapers. Sucks every dollar out for his personal pocket and Hates workers,unions, etc.
kingman1
Ok so
They Epstein meet with Cohen and one of two things happened. Either Epstein said that he wants the commissioners job someday or he wanted a piece of the team. Yeah right. This isn’t Oakland where your team is worth 600 million.
The Brewers denied permission to speak with Streams. Ok he’s under contract end of story. Beane isn’t leaving the west coast. Between family and knowing the A’s are headed to Las Vegas. So now the Mets are in crisis though we hear nothing from the Mets. I need to be a baseball writer. Get paid to make stuff up.
JoeBrady
The $600M number is meaningless. Calculate the cost of ownership, and deduct that from his proposed salary. 1% of the As might = .04% of the NYMs.
It can all work, but Cohen has to make it happen. FWIW, if Lindor is worth $34M per, isn’t Epstein worth 10M per?
Jean Matrac
kingman1:
“Either Epstein said that he wants the commissioners job someday or he wanted a piece of the team.”
That’s a lot of conjecture on your part as to why Theo isn’t interested. Especially since he’s on record as saying he’s not ready to get back into the high pressure, day-to-day grind, that is asked of the job.
SportsFan0000
Cue the violins!
Maybe he is not a high pressure kind of guy
and needs to work in a smaller market?!
Fresnorefugee
Per Forbes, the A’s are valued at $1.125 billion.
forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2021/03/26/baseballs-…
YankeesBleacherCreature
Get out of here with your facts!
GASoxFan
Don’t forget beane owns a 1% stake in the As he would need to divest to come to the Mets.
Why give up being a small minority owner to walk into a s***show situation and no longer have an ownership stake?
Fresnorefugee
He actually has a 4% stake, which is currently worth $45 million.
latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2013-sep-21-la-sp-0922-s…
Giants74
@kingman You have already failed at being a writer. Beane will probably move to Europe, or at least have a second home. He has to much going on there to bother with New York. Vegas is really pretty boring.
Robrock30
LOL Mets
They just whiffed on their 3 POBO Targets just like Beltran did to end Game 7 of the 06 NLCS looking on three strikes.
Monkey’s Uncle
They had a better shot at hiring Mr. Bean than Billy Beane. Come to think of it, Mr. Bean as a Met executive would be quite the role for Rowan Atkinson.
cleonswoboda
Atkinson as the Black Adder would be a better pick.
Appalachian_Outlaw
MLB General Manager
29 of the most coveted jobs in the world…
Oh! There’s also the Mets job, too.
Bob333
Turned down by everybody only the bottom feeders will take any job with the Mets even if they try to overpay NOBODY WANTS TO WORK FOR COHEN THE SCUMBAG.Maybe Phils ex GM Matt Klentak he is desperate for a new job or Andy McFail the are perfect for the Mets
kodiak920
For the right price people will work for “Cohen the scum bag”.
Bob333
apparently not are you overlooking all the turndowns.
SportsFan0000
Cue the violins!
Maybe he is not a high pressure kind of guy
and needs to work in a smaller market?!
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Has anyone heard if Pujols might be interested in a GM or field manager job, not necessarily with the Mets?
@DaOldDerbyBastard
Here you go again with your Cohen obsession. Did he get your sister pregnant or something?
Josip Tomic
Hello,
Is ‘with drawn’ is two words or one word in the sentence? Can you kindly fix this sentence?
“Athletics executive vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane has ‘with drawn’ his name from consideration for the Mets’ vacant president of baseball operations role, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports (Twitter link)”.
JoeBrady
Does “Is ‘with drawn’ is two words” have twice as many “is” as it needs? Can you kindly fix your comment?
Or not, since not a whole lot of people will care about a typo like that.
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Get over it.
Rangers29
You’re the kind of person who yells at a fast food worker for giving you 19 chicken nuggets instead of 20. Get over it.
iverbure
Should be yelled at for that easy mistake.
Jarred Kelenic's Beer Can
Actually, that is a legitimate thing to complain about. If I pay for 20 chicken nuggets, I expect 20 nuggets. Only getting 19 is a ripoff.
Metsfan-22
The disrespect. Athletics will never be good again. Mets championship 2022 confirmed
GrandSlammer
I’m pretty sure you got it backwards buddy.
Nobody wants to work under Steve Cohen. People around the league see what type of person he is and are staying FAR away. Even the Wilpons were able to attract much better candidates.
Dustyslambchops23
Calm down he’s mocking metsfan22
GrandSlammer
Hah I guess people already making fake versions of that account
@DaOldDerbyBastard
So embarrassing.
LanceCT
They were Never taking This Job!
IMO, it’s Luhnow
Samuel
Billy Beane has been with the A’s since 1990. That’s 31 years. He’s 59 years-old and is a mainstay in the east Bay area having friends and family. He has nothing to prove, let alone a need to move to another area of the country at his age and start all over.
Theo Epstein has a great media reputation and many fans think he walks on water. He doesn’t. He’s not a fit for the Mets. The rumors about him being a Commissioner in Waiting are because his history is to build a franchise up and win a WS, then leave with the roster and farm system in tatters and the organization in a financial hole. MLB owners are not lining up to hand him the keys to their organizations.
Stearns would be a great candidate, but we don’t know that he has any desire to leave his current position, and obviously the owner is happy with him and expects his contract to be honored.
NYC MLB fans need to understand something – not every star player or FO exec is getting their seat wet in anticipation of working or playing for your baseball team……in fact, to most the thought of it gives them a headache. Stick with picking up flawed players on the downside of their careers and likewise the FO execs.
Gratefuljim
If Beane left West Coast he would be leaving ” His best friends behind!”.
Samuel
Are you being funny?
How old are you? You think an older adult needs to leave their children, grandchildren, lifelong friends and their families for a job 2,000 miles away hen they’re already financially secure?
You have an inflated opinion of how important MLB really is to the people that are employed in it.
Gratefuljim
No he would be leaving his friends behinds! Your skills at sarcasm are lacking.
JoeBrady
Theo Epstein has a great media reputation and many fans think he walks on water. He doesn’t. He’s not a fit for the Mets. The rumors about him being a Commissioner in Waiting are because his history is to build a franchise up and win a WS, then leave with the roster and farm system in tatters
============================================
Yup, take the Red Sox for example. He only won 2 Word Series with them. And the team was so much in tatters that it took an entire two years before they won their 3rd WS, and even their 4th World Series was largely built on Bogaerts, Bradley and Betts.
Samuel
Joe;
You make solid points, but let me explain……
MLB has radically changed since that time. The Yankees and Red Sox always won not just the offseason by signing the name FA’s with their money as well as taking on large salaries in trade; but they also dominated in signing international players and top draft choices by having their agents tell other teams not to bother drafting them because they would not sign with those teams, and promising them that if they would wait to be drafted later by the Yankees or Red Sox they would still get the money they were after. That was why MLB bylaws slowly changed regarding FA signings and why luxury tax penalties were put in.
Anyone working in or following MLB knows that “It’s a young mans game” – as GM Bill Stoneman said the evening his Angels won the WS in 2002. To be a sustainable contender a franchise needs a steady supply of quality young players coming onto the MLB roster, and needs a coaching staff that continues to work to improve them……literally daily. That is today’s MLB. Franchises that get luxury tax penalties loose the chance to draft and sign quality prospects. While that impact may not be be obvious to fans (especially those lost in spreadsheets), it sure is to those working in MLB FO’s.
Yes, the Red Sox hardly fell apart when Epstein left, nor did the Yankees. But in time both those franchises wound up spinning their wheels throwing money at players yet coming up short. John Henry finally learned his lesson and brought in Chiam Bloom. The last two seasons here I’ve read complaints from Red Sox fans crying that Henry is making money hand over fist so why aren’t the Red Sox buying every name player out there. Those fans are liked trained mice that don’t understand that the maze has changed. They’ve been quiet the past 2 weeks. If the Red Sox don’t win the WS this year they’ll start up again on Henry and Bloom. NYC and Boston are 3 entitled fan bases that think MLB is still rigged for their teams. It’s not. And it’s why Theo fell short in Chicago and will not have the same success in this environment. He’s not a superstar on a level playing field.
SportsFan0000
PBO Larry Lucchino, Esptein’s boss in San Diego and Boston
should get a lot of the credit for the success in Boston
as he had the final say in all baseball decisions.
Theo left Boston to prove he could win on his own..
swinging wood
So the last time the A’s won a championship was the year before Beane joined…? Hmm…
Gratefuljim
Another Midwestern New York envy philosopher who wouldn’t know success if it bit em on the tushy.
ldoggnation
Deno Ebell
josebatista89
And i’d be fine with it.
CalcetinesBlancos
What is the appeal of the Mets job to someone who already has that same job somewhere else? Especially with that goofy Lindor contract on the books.
Larry David's Joe Pepitone Jersey
I think I’ve made it pretty clear with my comments that I consider the Mets a disaster with a rotten front office (I’ve said repeatedly that Alderson should have lost his job, baseball related or not). That said, I think people are playing up the “LolMets” angle a bit too much with the POBO/GM search for the last two off-seasons. A lot of it (especially last offseason) boils down to teams being protective of their front office talent, which I see as pretty valid given how the most successful teams in the game have built their front offices. The PR nightmare duo of Alderson and Cohen probably are a consideration on some level (especially when asking one of these successful, established execs to give up their current position) I’m just saying that all of this isn’t necessarily a problem unique to the Mets.
I think it’s revisionism to say that Porter and Scott weren’t considered good hires before they disqualified themselves (and Alderson) with their personal conduct.
Jean Matrac
I think people “lol Mets”, because everyone knew the Brewers would, as they have historically, deny permission to interview Stearns. What makes it especially “lol Mets”, is that they denied permission to the Mets just a year ago. Given the success of the Brewers, only the Mets would think they had a chance to pry Stearns away.
Bud Selig Fan
Unbelievable arrogance in asking Brewers owner Attanasio permission AGAIN to poach, er, interview for this overrated job. Attanasio couldn’t deny Cohen fast enough. Oh, and Attanasio was one of I believe 2 owners that voted no over the Mets sale to Cohen. The New York arrogance knows no bounds.
cleonswoboda
great,Sather as GM and Rex Ryan as coach.
GrandSlammer
Jeff Bridich and Matt Klentak are each available and would be excellent fits.
Maybe Cohen can even find a way to hire both! How can you turn down an Ivy League duo like that to run the Mets front office?
josebatista89
No thank you give me Jeff Luhnhow
RunDMC
What flavor of ice cream will Cohen be seen eating a gallon-tub of tonight? Rejections hurt. Cue: R.E.M.
Appalachian_Outlaw
Cohen has the cash to spring for Ben & Jerrys; and since no respected baseball GM seemingly wants his money to do that job, he may as well buy all the flavors and dig in.
Al Hirschen
Ask to talk to Brian Cashman. Give him the keys to the kingdom
Yankee Clipper
Please!!!!!!!!!
User 1580013680
Yes !! Please take him. He’s all yours
mgomrjsurf
John Hart or Dan O’Dowd or former Mariners GM Jerry W.?
RunDMC
Yes, please hire Hart. I’m sure he’ll have an easy time hiring those around him to be the next fall guy. Keep telling yourself you didn’t know anything, John.
rangers13
You can have Jon Daniels for J.D.Davis and Lucchesi, if you get desperate.
Yankee Clipper
With the Mets allegedly in on every FA, all the time, spending Cohen’s billions (per Mets fans), it would only be appropriate to hire Scott Boras as manager. Like BVW, he can manage the clients he oversold to the team! Yay, lolMets!
Pete'sView
I think that was a most obvious blunder from the beginning, but remember that was the Wilpon ownersip, not Cohen.
vtadave
Paul DePodesta would probably turn this down too to say with the Browns.
Yankee Clipper
John Gruden would turn it down.
MLB Top 100 Commenter
No, Jon Gruden would accept it. Unfortunately, the language in his acceptance email would get him suspended.
Yankee Clipper
With the way the Mets operate, it may get him an extension!
True2theorange&blue
knowing the Mets they go outside the box and pick John gruden as PBO
Bob333
Any person with 1/2 a brain would turn it down.The rejects who take these jobs know it will be career ending for them.Keep wishing Mets Fans Im sure whoever they hire you will be posting you are winning the division and WS next year.
bobtillman
Cohen has a friend with EXTENSIVE executive experience, Presidential even……and they can move Spring Training to Mara Lago….it’s a perfect fit……Stormy Daniels can be VP of some kind of Operations….
Dustyslambchops23
Swing and a miss
Pete'sView
Is Cohen a buddy of Trump?
FredMcGriff for the HOF
Bob I see #45 is living rent free in your head.
bobtillman
Isn’t everyone?
Justanotherstrosfan
Fake News….
Bob333
That is the only good thing about Cohen
True2theorange&blue
Madness is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. That is the only philosophy Mets adhere to and they follow it to a tee.
Mets: hey I know you denied us permission last time on sterns… but can we interview him now?
Brewers: ….nooo…
Mets: “5 seconds later” how about now ?
Asfan0780
I would’ve taken jd davis as compensation for beane lol
Cha Cha Cha
You can have Mozeliak lol !!!
Dallas Mets
They should ask Chico Escuela.
josebatista89
Jeff Lunhow is the man for this job.
Bob333
Perfect fit he is a cheater and thief just like Cohen and would fit in with the other idiots in the front office.
josebatista89
So where AJ Hinch, and Alex Cora, and they where given second chances???
josebatista89
Also, the Stros weren’t the only team doing it. The Red Sox’s did it, so did, the Yankees, and many other teams.
Yankee Clipper
Nice try? “Yankees were doing it!” The absolute lamest possible comeback from anti-Yankee trolls in reference to the Astros cheating scandal.
Try again, this time with some proof they were, not your opinion. Proof like…..oh, I don’t know, a multi-year cheating scandal like the Astros.
SportsFan0000
Yankees were doing worse cheating! Cashman used roided up drugged up players to win more than a few WS titles and he and NYY get a “free pass”.
Cashman is a CHEATER ALSO!
SportsFan0000
Cashman used roided up drugged up players to win more than a few WS titles and he and NYY get a “free pass”.
Cashman is a CHEATER ALSO!
PutPeteinthehall
Last year Scott Harris was available. He’s the right man for the job however doubt he’s leaving San Fran now.
bigeasye
Is there a standardized list of titles throughout baseball? I’m more curious than anything. The Giants GM can go if he’s the POBO. The dodgers guy can go as well, but the dodgers can block him if he becomes GM? What stops a team from creating a new position to block a move?
Fred Park
I tried repeatedly to enter my name into consideration, but I keep getting a busy signal.
Bunch of losers.
Rsox
Brodie Van Wagenan is looking for work…
TradeAcuna
Have the Mets ever considered Darling or Keith as a manager?
Bob333
Darling is to smart to take any job with them.Hernandez might be a perfect fit he is not so bright and pretty much an idiot.
Bill M
You should try dealing in facts some time. They both have stated they prefer the booth to coaching / managing.
Bob333
THE MUTTS the have no interest in.Darling would leave the booth in a second to take a PC job and Hernandez is lucky to have a job in the booth let alone on the field.FACTS
StupendousYappi
Im not sure if this could be done but how bout the yankees trade the mets brian cashman for jacob degrom? Ive had enough with Cashman personally I would be very pleased to get someone in here who knows what they are doing.
dbacksrs
Isiah Thomas?
“It’s crazy enough that it just might work.”
Yankeesniper
Bobby Valentine would be a perfect GM for the Mets.
Dorothy_Mantooth
Can Sandy name himself to this position? At the rate they are going, he might be the only option to choose from besides his son.
Crypto Nerd
That’s what I’m expecting as the likeliest outcome.
Sandy or his kid as the day to day decision maker.
No matter the title they get.
CalcetinesBlancos
This isn’t Jeopardy.
Cosmo2
He can but if he’s healthy and energetic enough to do the job why isn’t he already in position? What’s the point of all this hullabaloo?
Samuel
He took a job as President / CEO. It’s a 60 hour a week job. He’s Stan Katsen, not Andrew Friedman.
I don’t think 90% of the people posting here have a clue.
Ducky Buckin Fent
World to Mets: ‘No Thanks’
gray
I, too, withdraw my name from consideration for the Mets job.
getrealgone2
Get DJT.
Yoshis Javelin
Dan Duquette, he’s been a scout, a director of player development, he built the Expos into a powerhouse in the 90’s as a youthful GM with few resources, built the Red Sox team from 1994 to 2002 that would win in 2004 with Theo taking the credit, Ended a 15 year playoff drought in Baltimore in 2012, his first season there, took the AL east in 2014 and then Oriole ownership ruined what he had built and Buck Showalter had managed. Duquette is still only 63. His cousin Jim Duquette can give him insight on any dysfunction in the Mets front office. If Steve Cohen wants a President of Baseball Operations of pedigree, Dan is the Man.
Gratefuljim
Agreed.
Lol Trumpets mad
Too bad coppy is banned (for less dishonest junk than lunhow)
Cosmo2
I hate to say it but this is so typical Mets nonsense. Concentrating on getting big names into the headlines instead of actually going for a plan that makes sense and could actually work. There’s got to be this years Chaim or Ng out there. They’re just wasting time trying to look fancy and will probably end up with a Cohen/Alderson yes-man at the helm when the absurdity and the grandstanding finally settles.
Samuel
Cosmo2;
You’re right in what you wrote. But the media in America has always played favorites and misrepresented things. It’s become toxic the past 10 years. No one I know believes the narratives they spin. In fact, we laugh about it.
I’ve known people associated with MLB in years past. What was written and said in the media was simply an eyeroll to those people. ML players for years have been encouraged not to read the local papers or listen to the sports news. In short – I have my doubts about anything portrayed in the media regarding Stephan Cohen and Sandy Alderson. Those are 2 incredibly intelligent, successful people in what they do. They inherited the Wilpon mess and they’ll have to dig out of it. They won’t be able to do that in one or two offseasons.
BruntlettSupastar
The Phils should give the Mets permission to poach Andy McPhail
riffraff
Mets need to think outside the box – baseball is a business so should be someone that has build a multimillion dollar business..but baseball is also entertainment so should have someone that knows the value of an entertainer and how to maximize television opportunities..and they should have the ability to recognize and develop athletes. That pretty much leaves 1 candidate – Vince McMahon.
julyn82001
A’s Billy Beane was never going to leave a comfy warmer California plus his family is very young still so… Sure I’m sure Billy wishes to have those resources a team like the Mets have but…
Gratefuljim
He didn’t want to leave his best friends behinds!
Mjm117
Lolmets
Tiger_diesel92
Can the mets take Brian cashman
lautrec
I thought that was Joe Namath.
Giants74
It is surprising that the Mets were even looking at Beane. Sad is probably more appropriate. It is well known that he just bought a soccer team in The Netherlands. He is also part owner of a team in EPL that just made it to their top teir.
dlw0906
I am a Mets fan but the dog and phony show the past two years rwgarding their “interest” in Epstein, Stearns and Beane is an insult to intelligence and logic. It’s obvious and always has been that it’s just a show to look like they tried to bring in a POBO. Alderson had no intention of relinquishing the reigns. Hopefully I’m wrong but I think the next Mets GM will be his son.
InherentVice
The Mets’ philosophy for building a front office matches the Angels’ philosophy for on-field talent: Chase after the biggest, sexiest names out there, spend extravagantly to bring them on board, then watch the whole thing fail miserably. Bobby Cox was a gm who’s now out of work, why not go after him? Branch Rickey probably has a grandkid who needs work. Jerry Seinfeld loves the Mets, and if he spent as much time thinking about baseball as he did about raisins, he’d be a sure-fire success, right? What about Keith Hernandez? His beautiful Just For Men hair will give him the confidence he needs to negotiate *any* contract.
Doug
Former Yankees Assistant to the Traveling Secretary George Costanza may be available.
Old York
Good idea. Why would you want to get involved with the Mets mess?
User 4095290658
Lol…Mets.
User 4095290658
Lol…Mets.
MarlinsFanBase
It’s slowly dwindling down to either Mike Hill or @MetsFan22.
Justanotherstrosfan
Fake News….
xfloydsterx
Billy Bob Thornton looks terrific in this picture!
PoloGrounds62
I’ve been a Mets fan since inception and I wouldn’t take the job. If it weren’t for the Jets, the Mets would be the most dysfunctional team in sports.
cleonswoboda
as a Jets fan also,I can unequivocally say the band-aids guy is the worst owner in all sports..
SportsFan0000
OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR METS AND PROVEN WINNER:
Mets should hire Jeff Luhnow as Pres of Baseball Operations.
Luhnow is a proven GM winner, team and farm system builder in both
St. Louis and Houston.
The current Astros team was built by Luhnow and it is still contending for Championships
Luhnow was the “fall guy” and “scapegoat” for the Astros cheating scandal.
It was the players and coaches who were the actual cheaters and not Luhnow.
He has been punished in the name of “team Astros”.
(Players Union blocked punishining of the “real cheaters” the players involved,)
Also punished was former Astros bench Coach Alex Cora (now Red Sox Manager)
and actually allegedly, directly involved with the players in the sign stealing cheating)
Former Astros Manager and current Tigers Manager AJ Hinch (not involved in cheating but disciplined for “failure to supervise properly) and others who are all not working in MLB…..
Luhnow has been punished enough for what the Astros players did (players who actually cheated were not punished)..
It is over.
Hire Luhnow and get the Mets retooled and back to the World Series..
MLB Top 100 Commenter
Cardinals GM was not fired for computer hacking by subordinate but Astros GM was fired for Cora and Beltran sign stealing. Astros and Cardinals are both baddies.
SportsFan0000
PBO Larry Lucchino, Esptein’s boss in San Diego and Boston
should get a lot of the credit for the success in Boston
as he had the final say in all baseball decisions.
Theo left Boston to prove he could win on his own..
SportsFan0000
Yankees were doing worse cheating! Cashman used roided up drugged up players to win more than a few WS titles and he and NYY get a “free pass”.
Cashman is a CHEATER ALSO!
AND HE WAS NEVER SUSPENDED OR FIRED?!
Poster formerly known as . . .
Yeah, it’s terrible how those Yankees fielded a team with the only juicers in the league. Well, except for the ones on the other 29 teams anyway (including yours).
BTW, juicing is an individual violation. The Astros’ high-tech sign-stealing scheme was a team effort. That’s why the GM and manager were suspended by the Commissioner for the 2020 season and fired by their employer.
Some shame and humility would serve you better than the whataboutist finger-pointing and deflection. Then the embarrassing facts wouldn’t have to be pointed out to you again.
outinleftfield
Then Beane said how could I compete with Metsfan22?
SportsFan0000
PBO Larry Lucchino, Esptein’s boss in San Diego and Boston
should get a lot of the credit for the success in Boston
as he had the final say in all baseball decisions.
Theo left Boston to prove he could win on his own..
SportsFan0000
Yankees were doing worse cheating! Cashman used roided up drugged up players to win more than a few WS titles and he and NYY get a “free pass”.
Cashman is a CHEATER ALSO!
AND HE WAS NEVER SUSPENDED OR FIRED?!
brucenewton
Beane wants no part of 10 year contracts on his roster. He’d probably be forced to add even more of them by ownership. It was probably a quick and easy decision for him.
Poster formerly known as . . .
‘It’s the second straight year the Brewers have denied the Mets permission to interview Stearns.’
To which Stearns responded: “Thanks, boss.”
“No worries, Dave. We’ve got your back.”
Poster formerly known as . . .
“Beane, in particular, would’ve been an ambitious target given that he’d need to divest his minority ownership stake in the A’s in order to take a job with the Mets, …”
And Mr. Cohen couldn’t have offered him a minority ownership stake in the Mets to compensate him? The Mets rank sixth in franchise value according to Forbes. The A’s rank 26th.
Was this a sincere effort to get Beane? How ambitious were they?
CWeb555
What no Bobby Bo comment !
64' Yanks
A no brainer….why should he want to leave Oakland….how many World Championships has he won with his moneyball? I lost count!