The New York Mets are once again looking for someone to head up their baseball operations department, but it doesn’t sound like they will be able to land any of their top-3 candidates for the position. Theo Epstein and Billy Beane haven’t exactly seemed thrilled to be under consideration and don’t appear to be very interested in the position. The Mets won’t even have the option to interview the other executive they covet — David Stearns of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Slingin’ Stearns — a Manhattan native — has been linked to the Mets several times in previous offseasons.