left the Mets in Sept. 2016 to pursue other opportunities in baseball, though he later told the Bergen Record's Bob Klapisch that he resigned before being fired.
Backman, 58, was unable to find a job in MLB this past winter. Instead, he was hired to manage Monclova of the Mexican League, but was fired after 42 games due in part to not speaking Spainsh. He was soon hired to be the bench coach for rival Pericos Dr Puebla, which qualified for the Mexican League's postseason.
Backman's split from the Mets was attributed to reported disagreements with Alderson, which often ranged from the distribution of playing time to public comments about the organization to lineup construction, sources later told Newsday's David Lennon.