The second round of managerial interviews begins today. The remaining candidates are Buck Showalter, Astros bench coach Joe Espada, and Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro. The Mets have narrowed down their candidate list, eliminating Bob Geren and Brad Ausmus from the search. New York is in no rush to hire one of the three candidates because of the present MLB lockout and only one other team with a...
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Current Position: Tampa Bay Rays Bench Coach Age: 48 Managerial Experience: No MLB experience, four seasons in low Tampa Bay minors Matt Quatraro is a New York native, hemming from East Selkirk, New York a hamlet outside of Albany. Born in 1973, he was a right-handed first baseman/catcher at Old Dominion University from 1993-1996. Quatraro had an illustrious career at ODU finishing his career...
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Pittsburgh Pirates bench coach Don Kelly is withdrawing his name from consideration of the Mets manager opening due to personal reasons, Joel Sherman reports. Kelly was scheduled to possibly interview Thursday for the opening, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. Kelly played in the majors from 2007-2016 and has been coaching at the major league level since 2019. Kelly began his coaching...
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Former Mets bench coach Bob Geren will interview today for manager, reports Joel Sherman. #Dodgers bench coach Bob Geren also is interviewing for the #Mets managerial opening today. — Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) December 8, 2021 It was reported yesterday the Geren was a candidate. Geren is currently the bench coach of the Dodgers. He was the manager of the Oakland Athletic’s from...
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Marcus Stroman announced he’s signed with the Chicago Cubs. CHICAGO! @Cubs — Marcus Stroman (@STR0) December 1, 2021 Stroman’s term in New York ends after two and a half years. He was originally brought to Queens in a trade that sent prospects Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods-Richardson to Toronto in the summer of 2019. He’ll spend at least his next two seasons on the Cubs...
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