Omar Minaya, VP of Baseball Operations for San Diego Padres on Draft Day.
Erik Boland of Newsday is reporting that the New York Yankees are considering adding former Mets general manager Omar Minaya in a high ranking front office position.
According to Boland, Yankees GM Brian Cashman is very close with Minaya who is currently serving as the senior vice president of baseball operations for the San Diego Padres.
It’s not clear what role Minaya would fill, but Boland points out he could replace VP of baseball operations Mark Newman who recently retired.
Of course, he could also take on a role similar to that of Paul DePodesta with the Mets as a VP in charge of scouting and player development.
Minaya was the GM of the Mets from 2005 until he was fired in 2010. He’s been the focus of media attention in the past 18 months after the emergence of All Stars Matt Harvey and Daniel Murphy, and most recently Jacob deGrom, Jenrry Mejia, Jeurys Familia, Juan Lagares, Wilmer Flores and Lucas Duda, many of whom now form the new core of Sandy Alderson’s Mets.
While with the Mets, the team had four winning seasons in six, and won a 2006 NL East Title, coming within one out of the World Series.
