Insider offers update on manager search for Mets

It sounds just like the New York Mets are in no hurry to rent a supervisor after they parted ways with Buck Showalter earlier than their 2023 season finale.

“There isn’t a signal but that the staff has interviewed exterior candidates,” MLB insider Andy Martino of SNY reported on Monday afternoon. 

Amongst potential candidates is Milwaukee Brewers supervisor Craig Counsell, who accumulated a regular-season document of 707-625 from 2015 by means of 2023. Counsell guided the Brewers to the playoffs every season from 2018 by means of 2021 and did so once more this yr. Milwaukee lost the 2018 Nationwide League Championship Collection to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven video games beneath his watch as properly.

Counsell has repeatedly been linked with the Mets because it was discovered earlier than the 2023 common season concluded that former Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns would formally settle for that position with the Mets this month. Stearns is at the moment working New York’s entrance workplace after common supervisor Billy Eppler resigned amid a reported investigation into Eppler’s alleged improper use of the injured listing. 

“Counsell…can’t interview with different golf equipment till his contract expires on Oct. 31,” Martino defined. “I had questioned if the Brewers — who hope to retain Counsell — would enable it as a courtesy and a solution to get the method rolling, however they haven’t.” 

Martino added that “the Mets’ search hasn’t actually ignited but,” which suggests they might merely be ready till they’re allowed to talk with Counsell earlier than they get severe about discovering Showalter’s alternative. 

It was reported final week that the Mets appear unlikely to commerce All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso this offseason, partly as a result of staff proprietor Steve Cohen is “aiming to compete in 2024” regardless of the membership’s summer time hearth sale. Cohen made the Mets chargeable for baseball’s largest payroll this yr, and his big-spending methods theoretically ought to make New York’s managerial opening a fascinating gig for Counsell if the 53-year-old is prepared to make a transfer to the Large Apple this fall.