The new owner of the New York Mets, Steve Cohen has made several moves in the front office. General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen and executives Allard Baird, Omar Minaya, Adam Guttridge, and Jared Banner have all been relieved of their duties.
New owner Steve Cohen cleaning house with Mets. GM Brodie Van Wagenen and several other front-office executives – Omar Minaya, Allard Baird, Adam Guttridge, Jared Banner – are gone.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 6, 2020
Sandy Alderson, who is the new President of Baseball Operations will now have to replace the whole front office. There is no word on the job status of current Mets manager Luis Rojas. Alderson does have a relationship with Rojas which could indicate that Rojas will remain the Mets manager.
It should be noted that the #Mets cleaned out the front office — but Luis Rojas, at least for now, remains the manager. Remember that Alderson knows this manager well since he was in the Mets org the entire time that Alderson was the GM.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) November 6, 2020
Brodie Van Wagenen
For Brodie Van Wagenen he was given just two years to prove he could run an entire baseball organization. The firing of Van Wagenen was not unexpected since Cohen and Alderson did not hire him and he was definitely a Wilpon hire. Fred Wilpon hired Van Wagenen while he was still an agent who had never worked in a baseball organization before. This offseason will be pivotal for this franchise and Alderson reportedly wanted a clean state when he took over.
It should be noted that the #Mets cleaned out the front office — but Luis Rojas, at least for now, remains the manager. Remember that Alderson knows this manager well since he was in the Mets org the entire time that Alderson was the GM.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) November 6, 2020
Clean Slate for Alderson
Word within the game was Alderson was not taking the job as #Mets president under Cohen without the power to restructure how he saw fit. He clearly wants a clean start with his people running baseball operations.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) November 6, 2020
Sandy Alderson begins his second term running the New York Mets. Alderson stepped down in 2018 as he battled cancer. Steve Cohen’s first move as the owner of the Mets was to hire Alderson to run the show. Alderson knows the organization inside and out. He has relationships with a lot of the current Mets. His son Bryn runs the scouting department for the Mets.
Steve Cohen also knows this organization. He was a minority owner of the New York Mets since 2012. There a lot of front office hires the Mets have to make. But the expectation is that agents will wait until Cohen and Alderson have built their staff. Cohen is the richest owner in the sport and the top free agents in baseball, who all fit what the Mets need, are expected to wait until the new owner has his front office in place to sign contracts.
1/There is no better team or time to pull the bandage on total restructuring than the #Mets and now. For Alderson knows the terrain, knows many of the players since he brought them to the org, knows many who remain behind the scene, including his son, Bryn, who runs pro scouting
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) November 6, 2020
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