CARLSBAD, Calif. — If there was a clue as to how this year’s general managers’ meeting might be different for Brodie Van Wagenen, the newly christened general manager of the Mets, it was in the manila folder he carried in his right hand. It was labeled: “agents/free agents.”
Van Wagenen, a prominent player agent before being hired by the Mets, arrived here on Monday not to lay the groundwork for big-money contracts for clients but to start the work of reshaping one team, the Mets, over the winter.
In his first week on the job, Van Wagenen met over two days with Manager Mickey Callaway, spent the weekend visiting with prospects and top scouts in Arizona, and began reconfiguring the front office and field staff.