Sandy Alderson didn't exactly give a vote of confidence to Luis Rojas' job security during his end-of-the-season press conference on Wednesday, telling reporters that any decisions regarding the manager and coaching staff will likely be made before the team makes a move on a new president of baseball operations, where New York is reportedly seeking a big name to take over.
"Decisions on the manager and coaches will be made after the season, I hope as soon as after the season as possible," Alderson said. "I always think that's the best practice.
"Whether that managerial decision is made after [a president of baseball operations] is hired or before, that's difficult to say, but I'd say given that timing, that decision will likely be made before we have somebody as head of baseball operations."
Rojas' contract is up at the end of the season, and after another below .500 finish, this time coupled with a brutal second half that sunk the Mets from first place to completely out of the playoff race, many question whether his time being up with New York is an inevitability.
If that is the way it goes, Rojas told The Athletic that he will be at peace with the outcome.
"I think everything's going to be fine," Rojas said. "I always think that way, regardless of what it is. That's the approach you've got to take as a baseball family…When I was on the player side, I got released three times. There was a lot of anxiety on my end when I got released.
"My approach now with the maturity level I carry is different. There's no anxiety. There's always to control what you can control and you're going to be fine. Whatever happens, happens. I know I'm going to be fine."
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Rojas has always tried to maintain an optimistic approach during the Mets' deterioration in the second half of the season, and he will take that same outlook into the offseason, after his potential final game as Mets manager concludes this weekend.
If that is his fate, he won't spend his time pouring over decisions that could have been different, even if there were some instances where he could have gone another way.
"There are some things where I can look back and I can say, 'Maybe we could have tried this.'" Rojas said. "That's why every day you've got to feel that you're better. Even though some decision you made didn't work, you can learn from that. You've got to be humble enough to embrace that. I can think of a few things we probably could have approached a little different, just looking into the future for my personal standpoint. Definitely. There's always that."
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