By Joshua Garcia
As October and the MLB playoffs are well under way the New York Mets seek their entertainment elsewhere and they have nobody to blame but themselves. While Dominic Smith sits front row at MSG to watch Gennadiy GGG Golovkin and Pete Alonso fishes in the wilderness of Wyoming, the Metropolitan front office will attempt to place that blame on mismanagement as they have now parted ways with manager Mickey Callaway.
Callaway’s job was in jeopardy much of the season after several embarrassments and sweeps at the hands of clubs who finished with historically bad records. GM Brodie Van Wagenen inherited Callaway when he took the job and Mickey was never seen as “his guy”. Mickey was the choice of the Wilpon ownership as he was seen as a pitching guru, but did little to nothing to improve the performances of anyone not named Jacob deGrom.
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New York was not far away from a wildcard so it’s hard to argue against the facts a couple different moves here or there could’ve seen the Mets with a playoff spot. With such a young core with Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil, JD Davis, etc, the Mets may look to a more veteran and established manager to reign in the club.
Names being floated out amongst the proven managers are Buck Showalter and the very popular Joe Girardi, both whom are known for keeping a tight eye on the guys. Other options look toward Mets former players who have a strong affinity for the organization such as John Franco, David Cone and maybe the most popular Met of all time in David Wright. Whichever way the Mets go, one thing is sure, Brodie Van Wagenen can no longer use Mickey Callaway as the patsy, and all the moves are squarely on his shoulders from this point on.
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