Just hours after becoming the official majority owner of the Mets, Steve Cohen has cleaned house, announcing the departures of General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen, Special Assistant to the GM Omar Minaya, Assistant GM of Player Development Allard Baird, Assistant GM of Systematic Development Adam Guttridge, and Executive Director of Player Development Jared Banner. These departures was surely not unexpected, as it was presumed that Cohen and Team President Sandy Alderson would want to bring in their own people to run the organization.
“I want to thank Brodie, Allard, Adam and Jared for their contributions over the last two years,” Alderson said.