Mets manager search: 5 possible candidates to replace Buck Showalter
Brewers manager Craig Counsell talks to general manager David Stearns at a practice for the Game 1 of the NLDS baseball game Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Milwaukee. The Brewers plays the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Credit: AP/Morry Gash
Now we know David Stearns’ first major task as the Mets’ president of baseball operations: Hire a manager.
Stearns never did that in seven seasons running the Brewers; he inherited Craig Counsell and kept him throughout.
Knowing virtually nothing about what Stearns will want in a manager, here are five possibilities for Buck Showalter’s successor.
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.
