Gimme a Name, Just One Name

[Edgy MD]

As much as I include "Predicted Terry Collins' Hiring" on my business card and at the top of my LinkedIn profile, I had no idea that Luis Rojas was going to be hired, and Carlos Beltran caught me as a big surprise too.



I predicted Willie Randolph's hiring too, although there was a hell of a lot of writing on the wall to work with. I guess I'd've guessed Jerry Manuel's appointment, if it hadn't been announced simultaneously with Randolph's firing, leaving zero time for speculation.



But we have a little time now, so let's get some action going. One name. Fill in the blank. "I say the next Mets manager will be __________."



I'll open with, I say the next Mets manager will be ... Brian Schneider!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm going to put my chips on the Mets hiring Billy Beane and him bringing in... Bob Melvin.



(What? Did you think I was going to say Art Howe?)

[MFS62]

Bruce Bochy



Later

Edited October 5, 2021 by Guest

[Ceetar]

Ryan Zimmerman

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Robin Ventura

[bmfc1]

I agree with BG. Beane's appearance in "Once Upon A Time" felt random to me but now it seems prescient. Beane returns and the Mets become Bob Melvin and the Blue and Orange Notes (something like that).



Tim Britton suggested Ron Washington (also of the Moneyball era), shown here with "Billy Beane":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyvu1nWjOlIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyvu1nWjOlI

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

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Bob Melvin and the Blue and Orange Notes

[TransMonk]

Joe McEwing

[G-Fafif]

Bruce Bochy.

[Edgy MD]

Four pennants and three championships, but 26 games below .500. Bochy may want to come back to an MLB dugout just to secure his legacy.



Good call. I approve.

[Willets Point]

Edgardo Alfonzo

[kcmets]

I say the next Mets manager will be ... Lenny Dykstra!

[Willets Point]

I say the next Mets manager will be ... Lenny Dykstra!

Ha! I came very close to typing this in but decided to go more realistic at the last moment.

[Ceetar]

Lenny's got the personality pop that Cohen is attracted to, so don't rule it out!

[Edgy MD]

I'm ruling it out.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

John Gibbons.

[cal sharpie]

Buck Showalter

[kcmets]

I say the next Mets manager will be ... Lenny Dykstra!

Just so I have a horse in the race, put me down for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_EspadaJoe Espada.

[Edgy MD]

Interesting call. Espada's a hot commodity. And I get the idea that a lot of organizations see a guy who was born in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean but raised or colleged in the English-speaking mainland United States to be a win-win.



Espada (or Schneider, for that manner) would be the Mets quadrupling down — hiring a first-time manager four times in a row.



Amazing to think that the next manager will be the fourth since Terry Collins.

[kcmets]

Espada is the favorite on several grain-of-salt sites with takes on managerial odds.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Well, of course we first need to know who the POBO* is. I'm looking forward to watching that story develop.





*An acronym that I think I first saw today, and I like it! President of Baseball Operations.

[Willets Point]

Eventually, when the President of Baseball Operations falls under harsh scrutiny of the media and fans, he will say:



"I'm just a POBO, nobody loves me."

[MFS62]

Willets Point wrote: Eventually, when the President of Baseball Operations falls under harsh scrutiny of the media and fans, he will say: "I'm just a POBO, nobody loves me."

Easy come, easy go.

LOL!



Later

[smg58]

Curtis Granderson.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

Ron Washington, though he'll be busy for a little bit longer.

[bmfc1]

More than one name, from John Harper:

https://www.sny.tv/articles/mets-look-for-next-manager-2022-season?fbclid=IwAR3fGSbmoiBA3LisUZvjldDJEK-z9Wo4OLxqA7f9j83y3qMuLCkNdf8pIrshttps://www.sny.tv/articles/mets-look-for-next-manager-2022-season?fbclid=IwAR3fGSbmoiBA3LisUZvjldDJEK-z9Wo4OLxqA7f9j83y3qMuLCkNdf8pIrs

[Edgy MD]

The image in that Harper article leaves out Carlos Beltran.



https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2be026723df76578/bltef7de333b875d05a/61575de46d2d465121b1bdd4/Mets_managers_Terry_Callaway_Rojas-New_Manger-TREATEDART.jpg?format=pjpg&auto=webp&width=960>



Also, it's strangely snowy.



And they've kind of standardized the height of all the managers, which is creepy.

[MFS62]

If he gets fired by the Phillies(as rumored in Yahoo sports a few days ago), would Joe Girardi be a viable candidate?



Later

[kcmets]

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If he gets fired by the Phillies(as rumored in Yahoo sports a few days ago), would Joe Girardi be a viable candidate?

[Gwreck]

Girardi *was* an interesting candidate when the Mets were looking for a manger in 2019 after firing Callaway. I don't think his last two years have helped his case though.