was "disappointed" he didn't get the Mets' managerial job, but wasn't surprised -- adding that GM Sandy Alderson was great throughout the process.
"Sandy was amazing," DeRosa said during an appearance on WFAN. "I spoke to him at length when he called and told me that Mickey Callaway was going to get the job. And I was honest with him, I said, 'Hey, anything I could've done differently?" and we went into it. He said as such, 'You're not going to win these jobs on just charisma and class.'"
DeRosa, whose candidacy was not known until after the Mets announced the hiring of Callaway, said his biggest regret was not giving a detailed plan during his interview regarding how he would have managed the Mets.