The Mets are still searching outside the organization for a president of baseball operations but they’ve discussed promoting assistant general manager Ian Levin or vice president of amateur/international scouting Tommy Tanous to the position, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post.
Levin was promoted this season to the assistant GM role in July. In the same announcement, the Mets said Bryn Alderson, son of Sandy, would be promoted to the role of assistant GM as well. Prior to his promotion, Levin was the senior director of baseball operations.
Levin has been with the Mets since 2005 when he was a media relations intern. Since he has served as the coordinator of amateur scouting, manager of baseball analytics, director of minor-league operations, and director of player development. He’s worked for five Mets GMs.
Tanous joined the Mets as a professional scout in 2011 and took over as the scouting director before the 2012 season. He was promoted to his current role in 2017. He’s been directly involved in the drafting and signing of Michael Conforto, Jeff McNeil, and Pete Alonso to name a few.
