As we approach the 90 game mark and the All-Star break here in 2019, the great experiment of hiring a former MLB player agent to be the New York Mets general manager has not gone well. Neither has the hiring of a former pitching coach with no prior managerial experience.
Neither Brodie Van Wagenen nor manager Mickey Callaway has performed up to expectations when it has come to either acquiring the right talent to fill up the Mets roster nor when it has come to managing this team effectively during a myriad of in-game situations.