{"id":437089,"date":"2023-10-02T05:05:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T05:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=437089"},"modified":"2023-10-02T05:05:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T05:05:23","slug":"david-stearns-replaced-buck-showalter-as-manager-of-mets-he-wasnt-even-present-at-the-pregame-media-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/david-stearns-replaced-buck-showalter-as-manager-of-mets-he-wasnt-even-present-at-the-pregame-media-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"David Stearns Replaced Buck Showalter As Manager Of Mets, He Wasn&#8217;t Even Present At The Pregame Media Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buck Showalter was midway through his pregame press conference when he made an unexpected announcement: he was no longer the manager of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/mets\">New York Mets<\/a>. Although Showalter did not use the term &#8220;firing,&#8221; it was evident that he had been let go.<\/p>\n<h2>David Stearns Replaced Buck Showalter As Manager Of the Mets, He Wasn&#8217;t Even Present At The Pregame Media Briefing<\/h2>\n<p>David Stearns, the new president of baseball operations, coordinated the event. Despite the fact that Stearns had not yet been formally named Mets president, he lost no time in making a critical choice. Stearns clearly had the ability to mould the club, including selecting the manager. And it appeared that Showalter was unsuitable for Stearns&#8217; vision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is an emotional Buck Showalter announcing the organization\u2019s decision to go in a different direction. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FYW5WkAybT\">pic.twitter.com\/FYW5WkAybT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Gelbs (@SteveGelbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGelbs\/status\/1708546314789617914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Mets and manager Buck Showalter will split ways after two years, according to new head of baseball operations David Stearns.<\/p>\n<p>The way it works, when you bring in a president of baseball ops, I mean, they&#8217;re entitled to bring in their own people,&#8221; Cohen said following the Mets&#8217; 9-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, which ended New York&#8217;s 2023 MLB season and Showalter&#8217;s two-year tenure with the franchise. &#8220;Obviously, wasn&#8217;t sure if David was going to join us. He finally joined us and it became clear that he wanted to go in a different direction, and that&#8217;s certainly his right &#8212; and I gave him that right.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buck Showalter is a very good manager that completely changed the culture for the Mets in 2022<\/p>\n<p>Of course, though, it makes sense for David Stearns to hire his own manager<\/p>\n<p>Another new era begins for the Mets <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EcRamD7KOZ\">pic.twitter.com\/EcRamD7KOZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amazin&#39; Army (@WE_ARE_MET_FANS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WE_ARE_MET_FANS\/status\/1708543682335424832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s no different than when a CEO comes into a new company, right? They bring in some of their own people. This is not a reflection on Buck. Buck did everything we wanted him to do. Obviously, the season was a disappointment. But it&#8217;s not Buck&#8217;s fault, OK? It spread across the organization. But like I said, when you bring in a new head of baseball ops, they&#8217;re entitled to bring in their own people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stearns, whom the Mets agreed to terms with Sept. 12, gets introduced Monday at noon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">David Stearns must find manager comparable or better than Buck Showalter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SyXhj7OZqM\">https:\/\/t.co\/SyXhj7OZqM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LCmRayQ5UR\">pic.twitter.com\/LCmRayQ5UR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1708605182618091821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the difficulties of hiring a new boss, Stearns concluded he couldn&#8217;t continue working with Showalter. Showalter, 67, had yet to win a pennant in his lengthy managerial tenure. His final chance came with the 2022 Mets, who won 101 games but fell short in the playoffs. With a record-breaking salary, this year&#8217;s squad underperformed and finished fourth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buck Showalter fired: Five candidates for Mets manager, including Craig Counsell reuniting with David Stearns <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AZekry5bvL\">https:\/\/t.co\/AZekry5bvL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLB on Scoreboard Page (@MLBonSP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBonSP\/status\/1708559550721487119?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The players did not hold Showalter responsible for the team&#8217;s difficulties. Many veterans, in fact, relished playing for him. However, Cohen and Eppler decided to part ways with Showalter following Saturday&#8217;s game. They gave him the choice of finishing the season and announcing his departure before to the game. Showalter accepted and elected to face the reporters following the conclusion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a bizarre scene at Citi Field. Buck Showalter announces he&#39;s not returning next year, leaves the press conference room nearly in tears. The Mets later clarify that he was fired. David Stearns can&#39;t even talk tomorrow until after the Mets and Marlins maybe play four outs?!?!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Abbey Mastracco (@AbbeyMastracco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbbeyMastracco\/status\/1708557732469461434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Taylor Swift Was Present Cheering For Travis Kelce\u2019s Win Against Jets\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/taylor-swift-was-present-cheering-for-travis-kelces-win-against-jets\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Taylor Swift Was Present Cheering For Travis Kelce\u2019s Win Against Jets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buck Showalter was midway through his pregame press conference when he made an unexpected announcement: he was no longer the manager of the New York Mets. Although Showalter did not use the term &#8220;firing,&#8221; it was evident that he had been let go. David Stearns Replaced Buck Showalter As Manager Of the Mets, He Wasn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":437090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,55],"tags":[16457,16456,16458,4997,3265,2221],"class_list":["post-437089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-new-york-mets","tag-buck-showalter-fired","tag-david-stearns-buck-showalter","tag-mets-new-manager","tag-mets-news","tag-mlb-2023","tag-mlb-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}