Jon Heyman of the New York Post beforehand revealed that supervisor Craig Counsell, most lately with the Milwaukee Brewers, traveled to the Big Apple on Thursday to interview with the New York Mets.
That will not be Counsell’s first in-depth dialogue with the Amazins this fall.
“According to two league sources, Counsell has had one long telephone chat with the Mets,” MLB insider Andy Martino of SNY reported on Thursday. “Some sources classified that as an interview, others classified it as a conversation.”
Counsell labored underneath Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns when Stearns held that place in Milwaukee and “is open to the idea of coming to New York,” per Martino. Heyman wrote that “the Mets would be expected to be the highest bidder for Counsell” after Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported earlier this week that the 53-year-old “has no intention of taking a hometown discount solely for the purpose of staying with the Brewers.”
Counsell lives in Wisconsin throughout MLB offseasons and presumably could give the Brewers an opportunity to match any provide made to him by big-spending Mets proprietor Steve Cohen.
Additionally, Martino reported that league sources informed him that “the Mets are down to a few in-person manager interviews and are on track to make a hire within a week.” Martino additionally stated that New York Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza “is a serious candidate” for the Mets, however it’s extensively assumed Counsell is Stearns’ first selection.
Counsell earned probably the most wins as a supervisor in Brewers franchise historical past, took the crew to the playoffs 5 occasions previously six years and may reset the market concerning what managers are paid. He’s additionally been linked with the Cleveland Guardians and Houston Astros, together with a return to Milwaukee, however Heyman talked about that Counsell and his spouse “love New York.”
Interestingly, Heyman added that “a surprise team, perhaps even one with no current opening” could doubtlessly swoop in for Counsell if he would not put pen to paper on a contract with the Mets following Thursday’s developments. In quick, Stearns and Cohen could not need to let Counsell depart the constructing with out an settlement until they’re OK with probably having to go in a special course.
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