Mets need to keep the manager search simple and go for experience

Some unorthodox thinking could lead the New York Mets to outsmart themselves in their search for a manager. Keep it simple.

Something I’ve noticed about the New York Mets over the last year is how much the organization has tried to outsmart the competition. By hiring Brodie Van Wagenen, they thought outside the box. He was an agent who had no experience running a major league club.

In his first year as the GM, he made plenty of unconventional decisions. Nearly all of his offseason transactions raised a flag with some turning out worse than imaginable (Keon Broxton, likely the deal with the Seattle Mariners) and others paying off huge (big thumb up for J.D. Davis).

This continued into the MLB…