“In my view, Zack did an excellent job for us,” he said. He said Tuesday that Scott is “a good man” and the club strongly considered bringing him back. “But if you look at my relationship with Zack over the last year, it was probably more of that oversight early, but as he got involved in the day to day operation, there was less and less and that.”Īlderson said during the season he would wait for Scott’s legal issues to be resolved before acting on his employment, but with Scott scheduled for a December court date, the team fired him this month due to the uncertainty entering the offseason. Alderson also said he believed his working relationship with Scott this season was strong and demonstrated the freedom an incoming GM would have. He called concerns about Bryn’s position “a red herring” and said he isn’t even telling his son who is under consideration. Alderson, who has 40 years of baseball experience, will oversee whoever is hired, and his son, Bryn, is an assistant general manager. He also denied that concerns about autonomy have led to some of those nos. “If you’re looking to be comfortable, this is probably not the place, the Mets are probably not the place to come,” he added.Īlderson said he was a little surprised by how many candidates had turned them down. And demonstrated ability tends to get rewarded. “I’ve said this to others in the past, that’s the opportunity. “Assuming we only hire one person, there will be at least a year runway for that person to demonstrate their ability and their potential,” he said. He did not rule out the possibility that a president of baseball operations could be hired above that GM in future offseasons. He believes the organization will make just one hire, for a general manager. “Which I enjoy, by the way.”Īlderson said he has interviewed many candidates and Cohen has interviewed some.
“There are a lot of factors that come into play, but I would say it’s, you know, it’s not unforgiving, but it’s a demanding place,” he said. Largely, though, he thinks New York itself is keeping people away. Alderson said the club has hit a similar roadblock this offseason.Īlderson said several candidates were unable to get permission from their current club to inteview for the job, while others have declined because they are too comfortable personally or professionally where they are. Porter and Scott were hired last offseason after Alderson and Cohen failed in their search for a president of baseball operations.
Scott was promoted to the role in January when Jared Porter was fired after fewer than 40 days on the job following revelations he sent sexually explicit text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 while working for the Chicago Cubs. 1, two months after he was arrested on charges of drunken driving. New York fired acting general manager Zack Scott on Nov. “We’ve already blown through what most people would say is a reasonable timeline.”
“I don’t want to give you a timeline,” he said.
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