The Mets are finally in a strong position after rebuilding the in wake of of injuries, collapses, Bernie Madoff and personnel changes, an anonymous, rival executive recently told FanRag's John Perrotto.
"Sandy Alderson is a good, steadying hand as the general manager and Terry Collins has been the perfect manager to not only guide the franchise through the bad times but the good times, too," the executive explained. "The thing is, I'm not sure how much longer Sandy and Terry are going to keep going. The Mets have a capable replacement for Sandy in senior vice president of baseball operations John Ricco, when he retires but it's going to be tougher to fill Terry's shoes.