warm stove October 2018 (do not post during games)

MLB is filled with more trained and really smart executive candidates than at any time in history -- and the idea that the Mets would hire for GM someone w/o experience running any part of a ball team makes absolutely no sense. The disaster potential is staggering & unnecessary.

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) October 26, 2018

Wilponzi

the idea that the Mets would hire for GM someone w/o experience running any part of a ball team makes absolutely no sense.
i generally think this is true, but there is the Jeff Luhnow experience as a counterpoint

luhnow at least spent eight years in the cardinals' front office (and pretty much ran their scouting?)

excited that the mets are hiring tim tebow's agent tho

he has to quit tho

still a disaster

He must be making way more money as an agent than he would as a GM, assuming he really does "cut ties" with his agency better taking the job.

i would be pretty uncomfortable if i were one of his soon-to-be-former clients

Still, if Van Wagenen becomes the Mets' next GM, he will face significant scrutiny, given the number of Mets players he represents. Van Wagenen is privy to classified medical information that he could theoretically use against his clients in contract negotiations. In July, he said publicly that the Mets should either sign deGrom to a long-term contract extension or trade him, though nothing ever came of that ultimatum. Now, any negotiations with deGrom would present an inherent conflict of interest.

xpost correction: Before taking the job ...