Hey, did you hear? The New York Mets finally have a manager for the 2022 season, and his name is Buck Showalter. Lots of people are excited about it, and instead of just looking at the long-time skipper in very good photoshop jobs, we might get to see him actually don the orange and blue before Christmas.
MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo is reporting that the Mets are planning on an introductory press conference to formally introduce Showalter as manager for Tuesday afternoon at 1p ET via Zoom.
Showalter has had a number of stops throughout his managerial career, most recently with the Baltimore Orioles. He also managed the Yankees and Diamondbacks, leaving each organization a year before both won a World Series. This time around, Showalter is likely hoping to get a little taste of that himself.
After hiring three different first-time managers (with only two of them actually managing the Mets), Showalter is the first veteran manager to take residence at Citi Field since Terry Collins, who last managed the club in 2017.
