5 Names Getting Mentioned For Mets Manager Job
Even with the ongoing lockout, MLB teams are able to hire managers or other coaching staff members. The New York Mets are still looking for someone to lead them in 2022.
The team already made a splash in the first wave of free agency before the lockout began, signing Eduardo Escobar, Mark Canha, Starling Marte and Max Scherzer. Now, they need to find out who will be managing those guys, and reportedly, have five candidates in mind.
According to various reports, those candidates are: former longtime MLB manager Buck Showalter, ex-Tigers and Angels skipper Brad Ausmus, Pirates bench coach and former Major League utility man Don Kelly, Astros bench coach and onetime Yankees assistant Joe Espada, and current Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro.
The interview process began yesterday. MLB insider Jon Heyman says the team isn’t in a rush to make a decision, and added that a “mystery candidate” could emerge at some point.
Only 5 Mets managerial candidates are known so far — Showalter, Ausmus, Espada, Quatraro, Kelly — but with upgraded vetting and a couple interview rounds expected, no hire is expected this week. There also could be a mystery candidate or more (unknown).
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 7, 2021
New York is looking to replace Luis Rojas, who was let go after posting a 77-85 record in 2021. Rojas, who also managed the Mets to a 26-34 mark during the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign, has since been hired by the Yankees as their new third base coach.
The Mets will enter 2022 looking to snap a five-year postseason hiatus after back-to-back playoff appearances in 2015 and 2016.
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