Sandy Alderson’s plan to return to the Mets was to oversee the entire organization, with a baseball operations president and a general manager under him.
He then became Alderson and only GM.
Tuesday completely became Sandy Alderson’s show.
Following the dismissal of GM Jared Porter (he was fired after ESPN reported sending obscure text messages to a female journalist in 2016), Alderson indicated that he has no immediate plans to take the position. He will let Alderson lead the front office, with a kind of GM per committee.
Key players are Assistant GM Zack Scott, Strategy Officer John Ricco, Vice President of Amateur and International Scouting Tommy Tanous, Chief Scouting Professional Bryn Alderson and Senior Director of Baseball Operations Ian Levin . In addition, Ben Zauzmer was recently hired by the Dodgers to oversee research and development. Joe Lefkowitz, research and development manager, also attends Zoom’s daily meetings.
Scott, a former Red Sox executive, was runner-up to Porter for GM’s job. Its strength lies in the analysis.
“One of the things we’re going to miss is kind of the same breadth of contacts and information that we’ve been able to get through Jared,” Alderson said. “Jared has a lot of contacts in the game, not just at the GM level, but at the GM assistant and below. This is a rich source of information and can lead to smaller deals filling our list. This is an area that we will have to collect ”.
Alderson’s involvement up to this point has occurred in larger transactions, highlighted by the trade that offset Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco of Cleveland.
“My focus on baseball is going to increase a little bit and we’ll see how things develop,” Alderson said. “One of the things that made me happy was how the front office team developed as a group, led by Jared.
“Jared was energetic, knowledgeable and I was very happy with the direction he was taking. That has a side effect on this situation, but I will be a little more involved, but I have a lot of faith in our group and I’m sure they will be able to step up. “