Buck Showalter ranks 24th on the all time wins list for managers. He has managed three teams to the postseason, and is the three-time Manager Of The Year. He also has never won a World Series and is well aware of the expectations. MetsThe team that hasn’t reached the playoffs in 2016 has been spending big money this offseason. They currently have the highest payroll in all of the majors.
“The job description doesn’t require you to be competitive, or to win more games than your opponent. Showalter stated Tuesday that the Mets’ new manager is to be the last standing team. “And not just once.”
Only Gene Mauch and Dusty Baker have won more games than Showalter who started his managerial career with The Showalter. YankeesIn 1992, he was just 36 years old. He’s now 65. After leading the NL East in August, the Mets were able to finish a disappointing 77-85 with their 2021 team. Max Scherzer, Starling Marte, Eduardo EscobarAnd Mark CanhaIn free agency to make World Series hopes for 2022.
Showalter expressed his excitement about the World Series. He stressed that although it sounds selfish, the goal of the Mets organization is to make every person in it successful and improve the lives around them. He knows that winning is the ultimate goal. This is the task of Steve Cohen, Sandy Alderson (team president) and Billy Eppler (general manager).
Showalter managed the last time OriolesIn 2018, he was a television commentator on the game, but he also knows how the game has changed in just a few years. There are more analytics, more numbers, and new strategies.
Showalter stated, “If someone thinks that I’m going back to the hotel/the house and think maybe we got beat by someone else’s better information or used analytics more effectively than we did, then they don’t really know me.”
He related his story of managing the Florida State League, and Angela charting where the hitters would hit it.
“We used six at-bats to shift players, but now it’s 600. He laughed and said that he still had those charts.
Both Alderson & Eppler stated that Showalter’s managerial experience was important, but that the previous Mets managers, Mickey Callaway & Luis Rojas had no major league managerial experience. New YorkHis managerial experience was important, as were his other talents.
Alderson stated that you don’t live as long as Buck, and that you don’t find the same interest in someone who has been out of the game three years.
Eppler spoke to many people during the hiring process. He talked to coaches, former players and general managers who were connected to the final candidates. However, he did not speak to any players, as contact between players and teams is forbidden during the lockout. This means that he didn’t talk to Scherzer. However reports from December earlier indicated that Scherzer preferred Showalter be the job.
Eppler stated that Buck’s ability “to connect to a broad range of people, his drive for competition, his curiosity combined with his experience and overall adaptability led us to name him manager of New York Mets.”
Showalter showed a willingness and ability to interact with New York media in a way that Callaway or Rojas could not. Showalter even joked about how his age shouldn’t have any impact on connecting with the players.
“I’ll be able to tell what music they’re listening too. “You might be amazed at the songs that I’ll be singing around the locker area,” he stated.
He did mention that he reached out and spoke to Tony La Russa, Joe Maddon, and Baker, who are all active veteran managers.
He said, “I wanted their advice on what I could expect and what might be different.” It’s not as if I’ve been here for ten years. I have been very connected via television. But I’m eager to see. You have to do some things the same way.”
Showalter is now the fifth manager for both the Yankees & Mets. He joins Casey Stengel and Yogi Berra and Dallas Green.
He said, “The Mets are very special to the fans.” “They are very precious to me. It’s a huge responsibility to preserve what we have in front of us. From day one, it will be a priority to create a product that people can be proud to use.