Though he has yet to make a final decision, the Mets expect Terry Collins to retire after this season, team sources told Daily News reporter Kristie Ackert.
Similarly, while the Mets are expected to let Collins determine his fate, they have yet to tell him if they intend to make a change at manager.
"He has told friends in baseball that he may not be ready for retirement yet and would likely keep his options open, even if that means moving on to another organization," Ackert adds.
In addition to being the only Mets manager to take a team to back-to-back playoffs (Bobby Valentine in 1999 and 2000), Collins also recently passed Valentine as the second-winningest manager in franchise history.