Ranking Every Mets Manager on a Tier List
We went through the entire history of the New York Mets and ranked every manager they hired on a tier list! Who do you think was the best and worst Mets manager of all time?
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Just to share, I spent a little time around Green, really nice guy, very direct and brutally honest.
He told me he brought Valentine up from the minors a few times and he told me Valentine was a sneaky weasel and pushed behind the scenes to fire Green.
I liked Valentine, but never forgot what Green mentioned about Bobby…
Had to stop watching when the Showalter slander popped up
Randolph and Berra – B's
TC: B, love this guy
Callaway: F, how tf do you even hire this guy
Rojas: C, NPC, unfortunate situation
Buck: C, eh
Mendy: D, omg merchant (would be 0/2 on playoffs if it werent for this BS), what does he even do (not a vibes guy, not a tactician, not a leader, no aura, hes just there), alex Carrillo, would be sacked already if it werent for the recent manager history, if this 26 team does well you have to promote Kai Correa (Harbaugh MacDonald situation)
Gil Hodges was also a Marine in World War Two and awarded a bronze star. I bawled when he died. I was 10 years old.
The amount of times Mickey Callaway said “We battled” made me want to blow my head off
Should have kept Bobby V until Reyes and Wright came up than it was time for new blood. Art Howe was completely unnecessary
When talking about Davie and the Mets teams of 85 and 87, you need to remember a couple of things. In 1985, Daryl Strawberry broke his thumb and was out for 43 games. During the rest of the season, the Mets had the exact same winning percentage as they did in 1986. But during the 43 games he was out, they went 20-23. And still barely missed the playoffs.
In 1987, there was a period of time when the entire pitching staff was out. Freak injuries, like Bobby O almost cutting his finger off with gardening shears; Doc out for a drug suspension. And again, they barely missed the playoffs.
I think those teams did remarkably well facing a lot of adversity, and if there had been a wildcard then, or if they’d had just a little less adversity to deal with, those teams not only would’ve gone to the playoffs, but would’ve gotten deep into the playoffs and quite possibly won the World Series
I wasn't crazy about showalter either but acting like he wasn't what mostly everyone wanted is insane. Am I the only one that remembers the fanfare and the begging for the Mets to hire him? After 2022 there was no thought of firing him. Heck if Stearns isn't hired he would probably still be the manager now. We can't act like he wasn't a celebrated hire who managed one of the best (record wise) teams in Mets history he should on B tier
Even in 2024, the team only snuck in via tiebreaker. Mendoza is D until proven otherwise.
I'd put Callaway at D only because of the 2019 team being one of my favorite teams in recent memory
Manuel putting Luis Ayala in the last game of the 2008 season was one of the stupiest decisions ever made.