Some links to check out as the Reds try to extend their season…
- Paul Sullivan of The Chicago Tribune reminds us that Cubs' pitching coach Larry Rothschild has until tomorrow to pick up his option for 2011. Rothschild has worked closely with Carlos Zambrano over the last several years, watching over him like a "substitute teacher," to use Sullivan's words.
- Meanwhile, MLB.com's Bill Ladson reports that Nationals third base coach Pat Listach is no longer a candidate to manage the Cubs.
- Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com reports that Tim Wallach will serve as either the Dodgers bench or third base coach next season unless another team hires him to be their manager.
- Sandy Alderson asked and received permission from Bud Selig to interview with the Mets for the GM vacancy next Thursday or Friday, and The New York Post's Joel Sherman says that's an indication that Alderson wants the job badly.
- Paul Hoynes of The Cleveland Plain Dealer ranks everyone on the Indians 40-man roster based on what they did in 2010 and what they're expected to contribute in 2011.
- In a mailbag piece, Hoynes says that insurance would cover some of the $28.75MM left on Travis Hafner's contract if he lands on the disabled list with a right shoulder issue. Pronk has been battling injuries to the shoulder since 2008.
- John Tomase of The Boston Herald looks at all of the non-closer relievers who signed a multi-year deal worth at least $5MM over the last four seasons. In summary, it's not pretty. Not at all.
Okay so there’s mutual interest. Now just give him the job before something goes sour.
Best move for the Mets or would Hahn be a better fit?
Sandy Alderson is one of the smartest Baseball people around. This is definetly a good move.
Best move for the Mets (ouch). Alderson is a military man that knows how to organize and run things. He was also Billy Beane’s mentor and has the balls to tell Jeff Wilpon to leave him the hell alone. If the Mets were smart, they’d hire Alderson and give him free reign of that front office.
you are 100000000% right and are especially right about his autonomy (or freedom of having his own space). He is also a Dartmouth grad as well. And he is simply just one of the smartest Baseball people around giving the Mets automatically one of the best GM’s in Baseball. If anybody can turn the Mets organization in to the great organization it’s known for, it’s Sandy.
Also Tony La Russa managed under Sandy for 11 years. I wonder if he’ll give him a call.
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!
If Alderson is hired, he cannot, under any circumstance bring in LaRussa. He just can’t. LaRussa would self destruct in the media glare in New York. It would not be pretty; it would not be at all be helpful to the Mets to employ LaRussa. Just say NOOOOOOOOOO!
so what you’re saying is that you want Tony La Russa to manage the Mets.
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!
If Alderson is hired, he cannot, under any circumstance bring in LaRussa. He just can’t. LaRussa would self destruct in the media glare in New York. It would not be pretty; it would not be at all be helpful to the Mets to employ LaRussa. Just say NOOOOOOOOOO!
Prepare to see Jose Reyes get benched for Ruben Tejada
what ?!!?
“If anybody can turn the Mets organization in to the *great organization it’s known for*, it’s Sandy.”
my, you have a good memory if you can remember that far back
no. I actually wasn’t even alive for ’86.
you nailed it!
me and the Mets ended when Tom Seaver left
Hi
Brian Wilson blew your lead in Gm 2.
but not in game 3 or most of the regular season.
not today
I believe you win the award for most pointless post. Hahaha
I don’t understand the correlation between being watched and being a substitute teacher. Did Sullivan have a bad experience as a child with a substitute teacher?
Most of my substitute teachers weren’t good enough to be real teachers…
In my experience, the subs never did much of anything.
Substitute teachers can try but they don’t have any real authority.
That’s perposterous. Substitute teachers have more bad expiriences than children.
That Travis Hafner contract was a horrible deal. I said it back then, and of course I’m proved right.
Do you have proof of this “alleged” Nostradamus like prediction?
That’s pretty easy to say now though, isn’t it?
Clearly the important news here is the stuff about former Brewers “great” Pat Listach (hey, at least he was the 1992 AL Rookie of the Year). Seeing him at the helm of the Cubs would have caused me and the four other Brewers fans willing acknowledge the existence of our dreadful 90s cast of characters to cringe.
No worries, you’re safe. Listach had no chance getting the job.
I was hoping that the Ricketts family would hire Alderson to be more than a GM, but the Cubs president when they took over last year. It appears having a non baseball guy in Crane Kenney as presdent is good enough for the Cubs.
Good move for the Mets.