Minaya lobby for future GM replacement.

Kevin Towers and/or J.P. Ricciardi may join the Mets organization.

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Towers would be a welcome addition to the Mets FO

by James Kannengieser on Oct 5, 2009 11:21 AM EDT reply actions

Really?

I don’t think he’s done much to impress, and the fact that the Padres underachieved for the majority of his tenure is enough evidence.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Oct 5, 2009 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions

4 division titles in 15 years

Not bad, with 2006 most recently. He’s done well whenever he had some $$ to work with. Plus, and this is stating the obvious, he’s probably a more qualified GM than Omar Minaya.

by James Kannengieser on Oct 5, 2009 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions

The thing concerning me is his draft history, which someone in another post brought it up. Definitely not impressive. If we’re planning for the future, might we bring in someone who’s draft history, while not exactly dynamite, is solid?

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Oct 5, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed.

Towers has a good track record of assembling a bullpen, but the guy’s absolutely awful at drafting.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Oct 5, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

True

by James Kannengieser on Oct 5, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed.

But since it’s Omar he would instead opt for Ricciardi with the far-fetched idea that it might help him land Halladay.

by DC4Three on Oct 5, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah I'd be okay with this

I think he’d be a fine assistant if he wanted the job. Maybe help put together a good, cheap bullpen?

"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Oct 5, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions

My favourite part of this article is the subheading:

Mets GM reportedly interested in hiring dismissed executives

It’s quite a plausible statement about the kind of guys Minaya wants to work with generally

by deadspy3 on Oct 5, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions

Two words:

Why wait?

by JoshNY on Oct 5, 2009 1:06 PM EDT reply actions

The guy who gave Wells and Rios $200 million combined?

That’s the kind of fiscal discipline (especially for a mid-market team) that Minaya can appreciate.

As far as Towers, I’m not a huge fan. He’s done “more with less” to borrow a Wire-ism than some others, but that minor league system is pretty bad considering where they’ve been drafting.

Of course, using the “he’d be better than Minaya” a headline of “Minaya looking to hire Bubbles the Chimp” would elicit the same reaction.

by Bieser's Balk on Oct 5, 2009 5:11 PM EDT reply actions

Can either of them coach 3rd base?

by mikesmetsrthebest on Oct 5, 2009 7:56 PM EDT reply actions

wonderful

Can someone please throw oodles of cash at Chris Antonetti and get him to leave Cleveland and save us?

Somehow, a chain of events unfolded that put Steve Phillips in a professional broadcast booth Sunday night so he could rip Carlos Beltran. Try to explain that in any other terms.

by Greenpoint Ian on Oct 6, 2009 11:06 PM EDT reply actions