October is young and the search might carry on well into autumn, but it sure sounds like Sandy Alderson is the front-runner for the Mets’ opening at general manager.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post wrote Saturday that the “Mets’ circumstances cry out for what Alderson offers -- a combination of brains, stature, accomplishment and fortitude. Case closed.”
Steve Popper of the Bergen Record spoke to a baseball executive who called Alderson “the clear choice, maybe the only choice” to fill the Mets’ needs.
It’s a love fest in New York.
Alderson, 62, is currently running point on commissioner Bud Selig’s effort to clean up the corruption that surrounds youth baseball in the Dominican Republic. He was a Marine in Vietnam and graduated from Harvard Law. Most importantly, he built winning teams with very little resources during the 80s and 90s as president of the A’s.
Given the Mets’ $130 million payroll and the freedom to shake up the club’s farm system, Alderson might finally be able to bring playoff baseball to Citi Field.