The New York Mets are still looking for a replacement for former manager Luis Rojas. Since there is currently a lockout and the team can’t sign or trade for anyone, the organization is exclusively focused on the search for a new skipper.
In recent days, it was reported that veteran Buck Showalter was “high in the list” for the Mets. Now, we also know, thanks to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, that Brad Ausmus interviewed for the opening.
SNY reporter Andy Martino had reported that Ausmus was a candidate and would be interviewing. The former major league catcher has several years of experience as a manager: he led the Detroit Tigers from 2014 to 2017, and then took over the Los Angeles Angels (under Mets’ current general manager Billy Eppler, when he worked in the west coast team) in 2019.