Last week, Adam Rubin of the Daily News, the Mets are close to naming Tim Teufel as manager of their Double-A team, with Wally Backman soon replacing Teufel as Single-A St. Lucie’s manager.
Yesterday, Teufel told the Greenwich Times, “It isn’t official, but it’s 99-percent finalized.”
According to Teufel, he hopes to eventually manage in the Major Leagues, adding:
“For me, it’s an opportunity to move up to a higher brand of baseball and be with some of the same ballplayers, so there’s a lot of familiarity… It’s another step on the path to the ultimate goal.”
Teufel has worked on and off in the Mets organization since 2001, ranging in positions from manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones and Single-A St. Lucie to roving hitting instructor to representing the Mets at last season’s amateur draft.
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A lot of folks talk about Backman as being good for the organization, I assume because of his gritty nature. No one ever seems to talk about Teufel. What do we know about him as a manager? How has he been regarding player development? Is he a decent motivator?
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