FILE – Boston Red Sox baseball executive Chaim Bloom is shown before a baseball game between the Red Sox and New York Yankees Friday, June 16, 2023, at Fenway Park in Boston. The Red Sox fired Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom on Thursday, Sept. 14, as the team stumbled toward a third last-place finish in four seasons. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson, File)
Seemingly out of nowhere last week, the Mets discovered that they had a general manager vacancy after Billy Eppler’s hasty resignation just three days after David Stearns was introduced as the organization’s first-ever president of baseball operations.
While the Mets will undoubtedly be working to find a replacement for Eppler, the timeline for such a hire remains murky. The top priority is to find a manager after Buck Showalter was shown the door after two seasons and with an abundance of evaluations waiting for Stearns as he takes over the team’s front office, the hiring of a GM might not come this offseason.
With full autonomy, Stearns will likely have his pick of the litter whenever he does decide to aggressively pursue a candidate to fill the position. The 38-year-old is widely considered one of the top young minds in baseball and with team owner Steve Cohen’s resources, the Mets should be an attractive landing spot as they continue building a long-term contender.
Here are seven early potential candidates Stearns and Co. could consider:
7 potential Mets GM candidates
James Click: Click spent the 2023 season with the Toronto Blue Jays as vice president following a three-year stint as Houston Astros general manager. While at the helm of the powerhouse American League club, Click’s Astros won two American League pennants and the 2022 World Series. After turning down a one-year offer from the Astros, Click surprisingly left the organization. He previously spent 15 years with the Tampa Bay Rays, which included a stint as vice president of baseball operations where he worked alongside Chaim…
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