General manager Zack Scott won’t return to the Mets

As the New York Mets keep looking for a person in charge of making baseball decisions, several outlets announced that their general manager for most of the 2021 season, Zack Scott, won’t be returning to the team regardless of the outcome of his pending DUI trial.

The Mets’ MLB site, through writer Anthony DiComo (citing sources with knowledge of the situation) revealed the news. The organization hasn’t made it official, but it’s now a reality: Scott won’t continue with the club, and he has already been informed.

Scott, initially hired as an assistant general manager before the 2021 season, had been on administrative leave since shortly after his Aug. 31 arrest in White Plains, N.Y. He took…