Over the last few days there have been reports from several different sources noting that some of the fan favorite individuals to be considered for the GM position here in New York are probably or are definitely off the table. The first person to fall was Kevin Towers, the 48 year old GM of the Padres. Kevin would have been a great mix of experience and energy (leaning way more to the experience side) but has agreed to become the GM of the Diamondbacks.
Originally, this looked like good news for the Mets as the other person they were looking at was the exciting interim GM of the Diamondbacks, Jerry Dipoto. He was cited as stating that he would probably be leaving the organization now that Towers is at the helm. However, MLBtraderumors has found out that may not be true. Jerry and Kevin had a talk the other day and now Jerry is really leaning towards staying with Diamondbacks as the Vice President.
Finally, another canidate that a group of Mets fans have been hoping for, Josh Daniels the GM of the Rangers, is probably staying put. Metsmerized Online wonders if it is that he would rather work Nolan Ryan over the Wilpons, and I have to agree with Joe over at Metsmerized that who wouldn't prefer working with Ryan over the Wilpons?
So where does this leave the Mets?
Out of these three, the only one they probably still have a strong shot of snagging away would Dipoto. However, it would really have to be a bold offer, since it looks like he would be comfortable staying in Arizona now. There are other names out there (and I'm not going to pretend that I understand who they are, because I really haven't looked into them since I was really hoping for Towers).
In the end, what I care about is the Mets making a move. I want it to be bold, and I really would prefer a clean house (no more Minaya) . I just hope they big wigs in the Mets organization are not bluffing.
