{"id":9562,"date":"2017-10-22T17:42:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T21:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=9562"},"modified":"2017-10-22T22:55:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T02:55:30","slug":"mickey-callaway-to-become-next-mets-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/10\/22\/mickey-callaway-to-become-next-mets-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickey Callaway To Become Next Mets Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/callami01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mickey Callaway <\/a><\/strong>is set to become the next manager of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/new-york-mets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Mets<\/a>, as first reported by Joel Sherman of the New York Post. The deal is reported to be three years. Callaway comes to the Mets after what many consider to be a failed season as manager <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/collite99.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terry Collins <\/a><\/strong>led the team to a 70-92 record and then resigned immediately after their last game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Have had it confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Mets<\/a> are offering their manager job to Mickey Callaway. Deal being finalized today<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joelsherman1\/status\/922155637454397440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Mickey Callaway To Become Next Mets Manager<\/h2>\n<p>Callaway will join the Mets organization after four years as the pitching coach for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/cleveland-indians\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cleveland Indians<\/a>. During this time, he was an instrumental part of the Indians World Series run last year. He also helped transform the pitching staff from one of the worst to one of the best in baseball. Not to mention that staff was an extremely critical part of the 22 game winning streak they went on during the regular season. The pitching staff, under Callaway, led Major League Baseball this year in ERA (3.30), strikeouts (1,614), shutouts (19), and complete games (7). Callaway was also one of the biggest factors that now Indians star<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carraca01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Carlos Carrasco<\/a><\/strong> to the rotation instead of the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>During his career, Callaway played five years in the big leagues. Drafted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/san-francisco-giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Giants<\/a> in 1993, but then drafted and signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/tampa-bay-rays\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Rays <\/a>in 1996, Callaway played his first season in the major leagues in 1999. During his career, Callaway pitched a 6.27 ERA with 86 strikeouts. In the five years he played for three teams: the Rays, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/los-angeles-angels\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/texas-rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This move, for many, couldn&#8217;t have come at a better time for the Mets, and have a better person to manage this team. With pitcher health being an issue last year, Callaway will aim to get a star studded rotation back on track with pitchers such as<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harvema01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Harvey<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/degroja01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob deGrom<\/a><\/strong>, and<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/syndeno01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Noah Syndergaard <\/a><\/strong>as the strong foundation and core of the staff. Two years removed from a World Series birth, this team needed a spark. And Collins reportedly not having a great relationship with the front office didn&#8217;t help the cause. Mets fans will have to see if Callaway can be that igniter they need to become successful again.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tfDP0-qmSbtpLmPcvj1JNA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/667263234\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'tfDP0-qmSbtpLmPcvj1JNA',sig:'qdtlg2jM5bMY-ISNV7HDqGp_8qbsFc8EEUBBQq4wy9k=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'667263234',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mickey Callaway is set to become the next manager of the New York Mets, as first reported by Joel Sherman of the New York Post. The deal is reported to be three years. Callaway comes to the Mets after what many consider to be a failed season as manager Terry Collins led the team to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2292,"featured_media":9573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1071,35],"tags":[68,352,941,69,164],"class_list":["post-9562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mets","category-mlb","category-news","tag-baseball","tag-cleveland-indians","tag-latest-mlb-news","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets"],"modified_by":"Will Cheney, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}