The third and what is expected to be the final phase of the Mets’ process to hire a manager will come this week when a candidate or multiple candidates meet with Fred Wilpon.
The first round involved more of a collective interview orchestrated by general manager Brodie Van Wagenen in which key lieutenants such as Allard Baird, Adam Guttridge and Omar Minaya were involved. The second round included at least six candidates talking to Jeff Wilpon and Van Wagenen, who are the most involved in running the day-to-day baseball operations of the Mets.
That duo was expected to make either a single finalist call or put multiple contenders in front of the organization’s patriarch.