Five potential candidates for Mets general manager opening under David Stearns
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With Billy Eppler gone, the Mets’ intended 1-2 front office punch of David Stearns as president of baseball operations and a general manager as his top lieutenant is missing the second half.
It’s not clear if the Mets want to add a new GM this offseason or if that will go on the backburner, since with Stearns running the show they can get by fine without one.
If Stearns still wants a GM working under him — a No. 2 baseball executive that for most of the past several decades would be considered an assistant GM — here are several options, presented in no particular order.
Tim Healey is the Mets beat writer for Newsday. Born on Long Island and raised in Connecticut, Tim has previously worked for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the Boston Globe and MLB.com. He is also the author of “Hometown Hardball,” a book about minor league baseball in the northeast.
