Good morning Mets fans! On Friday, The Texas Rangers announced they have hired Bruce Bochy to a three-year contract to be the team’s manager. Bochy previously managed the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants, winning three World Series championships with the latter. Additionally, The Toronto Blue Jays announced they have agreed to terms on a three-year contract with interim...
The Mets conclude their managerial interviews today. Buck Showalter, the 20-year veteran of the dugout, is the closing interviewee. New York is interviewing three finalists for the opening. They met with Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro early in the week and Astros bench coach Joe Espada on Thursday night. Showalter appeared to have a cakewalk to the job a the start of the search but reports...
The Mets are down to three candidates for their managerial position. Buck Showalter, Joe Espada, and Matt Quatraro advanced to the second round of interviews from a field that included Brad Ausmus and Bob Geren as well. Showalter appears to be the favorite for the job despite not working in baseball since he was let go by the Orioles in 2018. Let’s look at the pros and cons of each one of...
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...
Multiple reports Sunday revealed the three finalist for the Mets’ managerial position: Buck Showalter, Joe Espada and Matt Quatraro. Reports from Ken Davidoff, Joel Sherman and Tim Healey all contributed to the final list of names. All three candidates will interview with general manager Billy Eppler again, only this time, owner Steve Cohen will be involved in the conversations. Earlier in...
I missed last week’s recap (the Mets got Scherzer, if you forgot), but the recap is back this week as the players still remain locked out of using MLB facilities by owners. The Mets still had plenty of action going on this week as the team looks for who will manage its players once they’re allowed back into dugouts and on the field. Let’s look at what went on this last week....
That title reads like a ’60s animated Christmas movie. But before the holidays officially arrive, the Mets will look to hire a manager as their players have been locked out by MLB owners during collective bargaining agreement negotiations. The team has reportedly interviewed six candidates before moving to a second round of interviews, which should commence as soon as tomorrow. Steve Cohen...
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...
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...
According to reports, Mickey Callaway has gone home, and his fate as the Mets manager should be determined over the next week. If the Mets were to fire him, Mike Puma of the New York Post names some interesting replacements across a broad spectrum of experience. When the topic of Callaway usually arises, many first look towards Joe Girardi and Joe Maddon. With respect to Girardi, Puma notes...
Mickey Callaway isn’t the Mets only problem, far from it. That said, he has been a disaster for a second straight season. The talk about firing Callaway has quieted after the Mets big turn around in July, but it shouldn’t. These Mets are a playoff team, or at least they should be. Callaway has mismanaged the bullpen, lineup construction, pinch hitters, and double switches all year....
