Omar Minaya Makes Sure He's Got One Friend in the Mets Front Office

One thing that was made quite clear this week is that the New York Mets do not run the smoothest operation in the world. The decision to fire Willie Randolph took too long, the way they fired him was sloppy and multiple people have been accused of working behind his back to expedite his departure.

The overarching theme was that there were too many cooks in the Mets kitchen and that the Wilpons listened to all of them before making every decision. What better way to begin rectifying that than by bringing in another guy in a white coat. The Mets hired former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky to be a Special Assistant to Omar Minaya. His main responsibility will be major league scouting. He did some nice things with the Reds, especially taking a shot on Josh Hamilton and turning him into Edinson Volquez, but some poor ones as well. It's probably best if he's a step or two removed from pulling the trigger.

Given the way the Mets operate, you might expect that his secondary job would be sharpening knives to drive into Minaya's back. He'd have to battle another assistant GM, Tony Bernazard, for that honor, however. Minaya and Krivsky actually worked together with the Rangers for a long time, so this is more likely a case of the GM bringing in someone who has his back rather than someone who has designs on his job. Not a bad idea when your job security isn't the strongest.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

6-22-2008 @ 9:49AM

HANK said...

WATCHING MANUAL AND THE PITCHING COACH WHOEVER HE IS. PEDRO WAS GETTING HELLED AND THEY WATCHED UNTI 6 RUNS WERE SCORED. SHADES OF WILLIE AND RETERSEN. WHY WAIT SO LONG IDIOTS. THE GAME WAS OVER. THE QUITTERS GOT 4 HITS FROM A PITCHER WHO WAS 1 AND 7. WHAT A CROCK OF CRAP ARE THE NEW YORK MUTS. SAME OLD QUITTERS. THEY SUCK

6-22-2008 @ 10:00AM

SELL THISTEAM OF QUITTERS. GO GET SOME PLAYERS. DELGADO SUCKS. GET HIM OUT NOW FREE THE 16 MILLION. GTE A SECOND Baseman get a left fielder, get a right fielder./ dump heilmn he sucks. he haS BLOWN MORE GAME S THEN ANY OTHER PETCHER.

6-22-2008 @ 11:23PM

AtTheWall said...

If the Mets dont finish the season at least 10 games above .500 you have to imagine Omar would be fired as he should. Enough of this crappy GM signing older brittle ballplayers and favoring acquiring and unjustly giving higher paying contracts to latinos of his own race. Minaya is garbage and the fact that Wayne Krivsky was hired by the Mets as a special assistant more than likely means that he would be the Mets next GM if and when Omar gets fired. Krivsky is very good at scouting young talent just look at the Reds.

6-23-2008 @ 12:13AM

George B Vieto said...

The Mets have not recovered from last years collapse mentally. Omar Minaya so far hasn't as successful with the Mets as he was in the other teams he was general manager.

6-23-2008 @ 2:41PM

WHY IS ANDERSON BATTING SECOND 188. CHEVES IS THE BEST SECOND BATTER HE IS THE BEST BUNTER ON THE TEAM. MANUEL USE YOUR HEAD. IF REYES GETS ON BASE CHEVES IS YOUR MAN. ANDERSON IS A NO HITTER AND TO HEAVY. DONT BE A WILLIE . THIS TEAM HAS A VEWRY HARD TIME SCORING RUNS, CONVENTIONAL BASEBALL DONT WORK HERE.

6-25-2008 @ 12:39PM

I CANT SAY ENOUFG ABOUT THIS LOUSY TEAM THA REAL TRUTH IS THE METS ARE AT BEST A 500 TEAM. MOST PROBABLY WILL WIN 75 TO 78 GAMES. THEY ARE A SECOND DIVISION TEAM. ALL THE SMART WORDS MEAN NOTHING. THEY ARE AN AVERAGE TEAM AT THERE VERY BEST, THEY ARE REALLY A BELOW AVERAGE TEAM ..NOW THAT THEY WERE THREASHED BY THE WORST TEAM IN BASEBALL THEY TRUTH COMES OUT. YOU CAN SAY THEYNDIDNT WANT TO PLAY FOR WILLIE. IT DOESNT MATTER WHO MANAGES THEY JUST STINK.NO GUTS QUITTERS IS WHAT THEY ARE, GET 3 OR 4 RUNS AND THEY QIUT. THEY GIVE UP. THEY LOOK LOST LIKE A BUNCH OF OVER PAID CRAP.. THIS TEAM STINKS.