Note: Who is Wayne Krivsky, is he GM Material
Update, 8:35 pm:
Omar Minaya told Ken Davidoff of Newsday that he personally reached out to Wayne Krivsky, in an effort to get him to return to the Mets.
Original Post:
Earlier this week, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports said the Mets added former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky to their front office staff.
According to Marty Noble of MLB.com, citing a person in the team’s hierarchy, Krivsky has returned to the Mets, where he was an assistant to GM Omar Minaya in 2008.
The team has yet to make a formal announcement, because, from what I can gather, though the two sides have agreed to a deal, it is not yet official… but, it sounds like it will be… eventually. Also, Minaya and Krivsky worked together for many years with the Texas Rangers, spending most of their time in scouting and player development.
Krivsky, 55, was as born in Niagara Falls, NY, and went to Duke University, where he played baseball and graduated with a degree in management science.
According to the Baltimore Sun, last year with the O’s, “Krivsky was instrumental in the December trade that sent C Ramon Hernandez to Cincinnati for utility player Ryan Freel and infield prospects Justin Turner and Brandon Waring.”
In his time with the Orioles, Krivsky also worked directly with agents on negotiating free-agent contracts.
In his time as GM of the Reds, Krivsky encouraged the development of Joey Votto, Jay Bruce and Johnny Cueto; he signed Adam Dunn to an extension; he traded Wily Mo Pena for Bronson Arroyo; he picked up Josh Hamilton, and then traded him for Edinson Volquez; he traded for Brandon Phillips, and signed him to a long-term deal; but he also hired Dusty Baker; gave terrible contracts to Mike Stanton and Francisco Cordero; and traded Austin Kearns and Felipe Lopez for relievers Gary Majewski and Bill Bray.
And so, I have to think, if Minaya is ever fired, Krivsky will be seriously considered for the Mets next General Manager.
From what i can gather, Krivsky supports having a strong minor-league system. In fact, I had one person in baseball tell me he is getting a reputation for being a ‘cleaner,’ in that he is very skilled at assessing a terrible situation and figuring out how best to leverage its assets, build on them, and get a team back on track, while being sure to pounce on available young talent, like he did with Hamilton and Phillips and for the Twins with Johan Santana in the Rule 5 draft. The O’s essentially hired him as a consultant to help get their minor-league system and zero-to-three players in order. The Mets need to do this as well, and so he will be quite busy the next few months.
