Jerry Manuel had the following to say reporters about the team’s new pitching coach, Dan Warthen, prior to last night’s game:
“My first year here, remember, we had a lot of guys called up from Triple-A, pitchers that I had saw in spring training, and I noticed a significant difference in their performance…I thought I had [...]

Moving beyond the question of why Willie Randolph was fired and how it was handled, the next head-scratcher is why Jerry Manuel – and not Ken Oberkfell – was named the interim manager.
Yes, Manuel has previous managing experience, and in fact was named the 2000 AL Manager of the Year. But, he’s [...]

The Mets have fired Willie Randolph, and named bench coach Jerry Manuel their interim manager.
Pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto have also been relieved of their coaching duties.
Ken Oberkfell will be hired as the team’s new first base coach, Dan Warthen will be the new pitching coach, and Luis Aguayo will [...]

Last night, Omar Minaya was peppered with questions from reporters on the current job status of Willie Randolph.
This morning in the Daily News, Adam Rubin wrote that Randolph could survive the first round of firings, while citing a team insider as saying, “I think the coaches are in trouble. That may be the compromise for [...]

Mark Hale of The Post reports the Mets will look to replace Rickey Henderson as the team’s first base coach by promoting from within.
In Adam Rubin’s report for the Daily News, Mets GM Omar Minaya is hopeful Henderson will return to the team as a part-time instructor during spring training.
…the buzz from shea continues to [...]

Earlier this week, multiple reports noted that Omar Minaya will not look to hire soon-to-be, free-agent hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, for fear that he will be seen as a ‘manager-in-waiting,’ since Jaramillo had once interviewed for Willie Randolph’s job.
However, in today’s Newsday, Ken Davidoff explains that Jaramillo is disappointed, because he hoped to have an opportunity to work for the Mets, while noting [...]

In a post for Mets Fever, Ed Ryan makes a case for replacing Rickey Henderson with Mets Triple-A manager Ken Oberkfell, who has been coaching in the Mets minor-league system for seven years.
As Ryan points out, “He has coached or managed every Mets farm hand that has come up through the system for the past seven years and [...]