NEW YORK -- Sandy Alderson has achieved one of the goals he set upon his return to the New York Mets.
"The Mets are far more respected than they have been in recent years,'' he said Friday, a day after announcing he will resign as team president and become a senior adviser when a successor has been selected.
Now 74, Alderson was the Mets' general manager from 2010-18 and stepped down after being diagnosed with cancer. He returned as team president in November 2020 when Steven Cohen bought the Mets from the Wilpon and Katz families.
"Family's important,'' Alderson said.