​Mets predicted to hire two-time World Series champion, ex-Cubs manager to replace Andy Green originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The New York Mets have not had the year many expected them to have after making some big moves in free agency last winter. The Mets have been one of the worst teams in all of baseball.In the middle of the summer, they made the decision to fire Carlos Mendoza. This move led to them hiring Andy Green as their interim manager.“The New York Mets fired manager Carlos Mendoza on Friday, the team announced, with the club toiling through a six-game losing streak in a disastrous season. Andy Green was named interim manager for the remainder of the season. He will take over a 34-47 club coming off a hapless four-game sweep at the hands of the Chicago Cubs to fall to a season-worst 13 games under .500,” ESPN’s Jorge Castillo wrote.Still, many Mets fans are upset that David Stearns is still the President of Baseball Operations. Owner Steve Cohen made it clear he wasn’t going anywhere.“We’re two and a half years into a contract. Everyone forgets, does he get any credit for ’24? Does that not count? We almost made it to the World Series. That was just two years ago,” Cohen said. “It’s a mixed record. I’m not going to say it’s going great, but it’s too early to really make evaluations.”It is still unclear what direction they are going to go, but ESPN’s Buster Olney believes David Ross could be a good fit.“If Stearns opts for experience managing in the majors, then former Cubs manager David Ross — for whom Green was a bench coach in Chicago — could be a possible fit,” Olney wrote.Ross did take the Chicago Cubs to the MLB Playoffs during his tenure. He also has a lot of experience as a player, where he won two World Series, and is respected as a manager.He is hungry to get back into the profession, as many believe that he was done dirty by Chicago after his final season. New York is looking for some stability at manager, and Ross brings just that.More MLB news:Braves make major roster moves for Cubs series as nightmare starting rotation issues continueBraves re-sign $4M seven-year veteran hurler for 4th time in two months with October loomingDodgers officially make $700M Shohei Ohtani decision with playoff baseball around the cornerBraves reportedly attempted to trade $75M injury-prone starter for Rangers’ Jacob DeGrom