The future of the Mets front office remains in limbo with Steve Cohen in no rush to remove the interim tag from Zack Scott’s title.
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, team president Sandy Alderson has lobbied Cohen to remove the interim tag on Scott after his work in the first half. With or without the interim tag, Scott is expected to remain with the team even if Cohen hires a president of baseball operations. Cohen remains interested in executing his original plan from last offseason to hire a big-name president of baseball operations above his GM.
If the Mets attempt to find another executive they may find it difficult, Rosenthal speculates. Cohen’s baseball management style is still relatively unknown. Will Cohen turn into a latter-day George Steinbrenner if the Mets fail to reach expectations, Rosenthal asks. Some rival executives have used Cohen’s Twitter presence as a source of amusement and concern.
“Many of today’s executives have young children, making them reluctant to relocate,” Rosenthal writes. “Many place significant value on workplace culture and loyalty. And even those execs eager to advance their careers are not always free to depart, not when their owners can deny permission for them to interview with other clubs if they are under contract.”
Cohen has no deadline to remove the interim tag from Scott nor does he have current intentions of firing manager Luis Rojas during the Mets’ recent struggles. Cohen’s true intentions will be revealed at the season’s end.
