Mets’ GM search includes at least four candidates

Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports With the winter meetings having wrapped up on Thursday, the Mets are still working on hiring a new general manager to work under Sandy Alderson. Specifically, Jon Heyman reports the names of four candidates who are still possibilities for the job: Red Sox assistant general manager Zack Scott, Diamondbacks assistant general manager Jared Porter, Athletics executive Billy Owens, and former Marlins president and general manager Michael Hill.

Hired as team president by new Mets owner Steve Cohen, Alderson served as the Mets’ general manager himself from 2010 to 2018. When Cohen and Alderson made their first public appearance in a virtual press conference, they…