CBS Sports.com’s Danny Knobler reports something fun: despite saying that the Mets’ new general manager will have full autonomy, the team has told current scouts that they’ll know about their future next week. Which, as Knobler notes, is before a new GM will be in place.
I guess it’s possible that there’s a musical chairs aspect of the scouting game in that, at a certain time of year, everyone is scrambling for jobs with the good ones in demand and all of that. But really, if a GM can’t be in charge of reviewing his existing scouting corps, what is he really in charge of?
While we ponder that question, however, we should probably all read Larry Stone’s latest post in the Seattle Times. It’s about the Mariners, but it makes a good observation that Mets fans -- and bashers like me -- should keep in mind: when things go bad, it’s easy to interpret every little move as bad. Even the innocuous things. I’m a bit skeptical of the move, but maybe the deal with the scouts falls into that category.