A Sandy Alderson reunion with the Mets could be coming soon.
Assuming Mets new owner Steve Cohen gains approval, he is expected to bring back former GM Sandy Alderson in a new role, according to multiple reports.
What his role would be is unclear, and it is also uncertain if it will affect the standing of current GM Brodie Van Wagenen, per SNY’s Andy Martino.
RADIO.COM MLB Insider Jon Heyman added that had Alex Rodriguez won the bid for the Mets, he would have brought Jeff Wilpon back in a significant senior role, which Cohen may give Alderson instead.
Alderson was the Mets GM from 2011-18 which included constructing the Mets team that won the National League pennant in 2015. Among Alderson’s highlights included trading for young, talented arms such as Zack Wheeler and Noah Syndergaard and the trade deadline acquisition of Yoenis Cespedes in 2015.
In 2018, Alderson took a leave of absence with the Mets due to a recurrence of cancer and did not return to the position. He later joined the A’s as a senior adviser.
Cohen, who has been a limited partner with the Mets since 2012, has continued to keep a relationship with Alderson since the former GM left, per the New York Post.
According to Martino, Cohen is interested in adding more baseball operations people this offseason rather than subtract.
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