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Mets' maneuvers bad news for Minaya: Sources say longtime scout Sandy Johnson has agreed to return to the Mets .. http://bit.ly/1wpAlC 10/29/2009 |
Mets and Minaya
baseballmusings.com —
Sports Illustrated reports the Mets kept top scout Sandy Johnson, who wanted to retire:
Mets officials believe the unusual effort made to retain Johnson is another sign of diminishing faith in Minaya.
Mets COO Jeff Wilpon is said to have thought it imperative that Johnson, who had a big hand in building winning teams in Texas and Arizona, return to boost the front office. Johnson had previously expressed to the Mets that he was likely to retire. Johnson was said by one club official to have been given basically “a blank check” to return, ...
Odds & Ends: Mets, McCourts, Cardinals
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Sources have informed SI.com's Jon Heyman that the re-signing of longtime Mets scout Sandy Johnson is an indication of the "diminishing faith" in general manager Omar Minaya. Johnson was apparently talked into returning because of the stability he brings to the front office. He had been considering retirement. ...
Maybe Now Omar Will Listen
Mike Silva's New York Baseball Digest —
... . That is why I was pleased to read Jon Heyman’s report that Sandy Johnson will be returning and there might be more changes on the horizon. However, the way things are being handled almost compounds the mistakes of Minaya. ...
News: Sandy Johnson to Stay with Mets
MetsBlog.com —
... Jon Heyman of SI.com says Sandy Johnson will not retire, but will return as Vice Pres. of Scouting. ...
The Mets are setting the stage to fire Omar Minaya
Circling The Bases —
[image] It may not happen right now, but according to Jon Heyman's sources , the Mets are putting people in place with the intention of ensuring a smooth transition in the event Minaya is fired early in the 2010 season. Indeed, the source refers to it as "setting the stage" for his firing. The moves: going out of their way to retain Sandy Johnson, their VP of scouting who had told everyone he was retiring and being on the lookout for another high level executive to "support" Minaya this offseason. Sure, it's always smart for a team to look for front office ...
Morning Musings: World Series, NBA's 2nd Night, and More
Never on Injured Reserve —
... for the next two weeks. Speculation over his forced exit from KC is rampant. Lucky for LJ, the Raiders still exist. As we get closer to winter it's looking more and more like the fall guy in Queens will be Omar Minaya . The Mets' latest move, retaining scout Sandy Johnson to help Minaya with personnel decisions, is akin to GM Vinny Cerrato bringing in Sherm Lewis in Washington. The writing's on the wall. The Wilpons should just fire the guy, instead of having him for a lame duck season (or few months depending on how things go in 2010).
Mets Preparing For Big Changes?
Mostly Mets —
... . Heyman reports that the Mets have talked VP of scouting Sandy Johnson out of retirement. Apparently the Mets went through great efforts to keep Johnson working and some are thinking that this is part of the contingency planning for in case the team decides to fire general manager Omar Minaya. Other reports link former San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers to the Mets as a prospective assistant GM. I also read somewhere that former Toronto Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi has also been linked to the Mets. Regardless of the Towers and ...
Omar Minaya On His Way Out
DUELING COUCHES —
... who had a big hand in building winning teams in Texas and Arizona, return to boost the front office. Johnson had previously expressed to the Mets that he was likely to retire. Johnson was said by one club official to have been given basically "a blank check" to return, signaling the Mets' desperation to keep him. The vast majority of Mets scouts had their contracts renewed within the past few days with no raise, said to be the result of a bad economy and the team's poor performance (SI.com)." ...
A Johnson/Ricco coup coming...
Mets Fever —
... All indicators point to what Jon Heyman eluded to in his post reporting that Sandy Johnson (above photo on the right) would be returning. It's true that the super scout had been brought in to mentor Omar who he helped get started in the field in Texas but it's also true that Johnson was in part retiring because of his diminished influence in Omar's front office and that Jeff was the one who talked him into returning. It also appears that everyone the Mets interested in for the front office or coaching positions are either former Mets or have a connection to ...
Why Omar Minaya Failed And What It Means For The Future
Amazin' Avenue —
... put Gerry Hunsicker with Andrew Friedman, and down in Texas, Jon Daniels has access to no less than John Hart and Nolan Ryan." With that pattern in mind, I was encouraged to read that the Wilpons convinced Sandy Johnson to stay out of retirement, allegedly in preparation for a non-Minaya centric front office. ...
