Andrew Marchand blogs on 1050 ESPN Radio about the future of Omar Minaya, Jerry Manuel, John Ricco and Bobby Valentine.
Marchand writes, “Minaya could be reassigned so Ricco is the face of the front office, while Minaya still plays a vital role in player personell.”
…i talked with someone close to the team today, who basically said [...]

In today’s Daily News, Adam Rubin cites high-ranking, team personnel as saying John Ricco will ultimately emerge as the team’s next GM.
Ricco has been Minaya’s assistant GM since 2004.
I wrote the following yesterday, here, “If the Mets decide to let Minaya go, from what I understand, they’ll be most inclined to make Ricco the new GM, [...]

Mets GM Omar Minaya talked to reporters today from Citi Field, to answer questions about today’s non-waiver trade deadline.
According to Minaya, he and his staff were working on potential trades up until 4 pm, but, as he said, ‘We were just not able to get it done… We had some opportunities to do some things, [...]

In the Bergen Record, Bob Klapisch says, “Mets GM Omar Minaya is still in danger of losing his job; it all depends on how the Mets finish out the season.”
According to Klapisch, despite Minaya’s apology, Jeff Wilpon said the Mets have been going in the wrong direction for years.
…in a Q&A i recently did with [...]

…oh, lord, hold on to your hats:
Omar Minaya will speak with reporters today from the dugout in Citi Field at 11 am.
…i hope they set up prompter… or, just have him read directly from notes, ‘I apologize to Adam Rubin, P.S. Have a nice day,’ and get off the stage…
Update, 11:20 am:
Minaya told reporters that [...]

Yesterday, Jeff Wilpon said of Mets GM Omar Minaya, “Right now, the idea is, Omar is our general manager, period… He’s going to be our GM.”
In a report for Newsday, Wallace Matthews writes:

‘“He’s this close to being out of baseball,’ Wilpon told me, holding his thumb and forefinger a half-inch apart.”

…wallace is the only guy [...]

In a post to Twitter, Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes, Mets GM Omar Minaya’s friends say he has confided to them that he messed up by attacking Adam Rubin of the Daily News during today’s press conference.
Speaking to reporters from the press box, Minaya said he is sorry for out Rubin, noting it was the [...]

Update, 5:42 pm:
…here are my conspiracy theories, based on nothing:
…omar got emotional, went rogue, and said, ‘Screw it, if I’m going down, you, Adam Rubin, are going down with me, for making me fire my friend, Tony B,’… and, by doing so, omar is ready to face the consequences, since he’s already had to fire [...]

Omar Minaya officially announced that Tony Bernazard has been fired.
To watch Minaya’s comments, click here.

In the New York Times, Ken Belson writes about the current dysfunction surrounding the Mets, adding:

“Perhaps, more significantly, Jeff Wilpon, the man in charge of the team’s off-field operations and the son of the club’s majority owner, has not been heard from in months.
“In normal times, a chief operating officer’s public silence would go unnoticed. [...]