When the New York Mets welcomed new owner Steve Cohen and president Sandy Alderson, they said that it was “very likely” that Luis Rojas, who led the team to a 26-34 mark in the shortened 2020 season, would return to be the manager in 2021. Alderson stopped short of writing it in stone because he wanted to hire a president of baseball operations and a general manager first, to gather their opinion.
However, the landscape has changed. The New York Mets won’t hire a president of baseball operations, and Alderson will fulfill the role. They will, instead, focus on bringing a GM.