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The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Queens, in New York City.They play in the National League East division. In the team's history, the Mets have employed 16 general managers (GMs) (not including interim GMs). [1]
Billy Eppler (born September 16, 1975) is an American baseball executive who most recently served as the general manager of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). In February 2024, Eppler was placed on MLB's ineligible list for the 2024 season due to fabrication of player injuries in violation of league rules during his tenure with the Mets. [1]
In October 2018, Van Wagenen interviewed to replace Sandy Alderson as the New York Mets' general manager. [13] On October 29, the Mets announced the hiring of Van Wagenen as their general manager. [14] On November 6, 2020, hours after Steve Cohen closed on the Mets purchase, Van Wagenen was fired. He was replaced by former Diamondbacks ...
John has 3 kids and a wife. Ricco worked in the office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, before joining the Mets in 2004. [3] He became assistant general manager in 2006. When the Mets fired Omar Minaya as general manager in 2010, they named Ricco interim general manager. [4]
On September 21, 2015, the Milwaukee Brewers named Stearns their next general manager, succeeding the retiring Doug Melvin, who they announced would remain with the team in an advisory role. [14] At thirty years of age, he became the youngest general manager in MLB, one of the youngest in history, and was one year younger than the Brewers' Ryan ...
In May 1977, the Mets fired manager Joe Frazier and named Torre as their player-manager. [49] Torre was the second of three player-managers in the 1970s, the other two being Frank Robinson in 1975 and 1976 with the Cleveland Indians , and Don Kessinger in 1979 with the Chicago White Sox . [ 50 ]
In the resulting settlement, Doubleday and Wilpon agreed to purchase the Mets for $81 million, with each holding a 50 percent stake. [2] In 2002, the Wilpon family purchased the remaining 50% of the Mets from Doubleday for $391 million, giving Wilpon sole ownership of the Mets. Wilpon served as president of the team between 1980 and 2002, CEO ...
During his time as general manager, the Mets traded for Francisco Lindor, Carlos Carrasco, and Joey Lucchesi. On January 18, 2021, ESPN writers Mina Kimes and Jeff Passan published an article alleging a personal relationship that Porter had with a foreign female reporter in 2016 while working for the Chicago Cubs.