Sandy is fading out

[Popping Mad]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/02/sandy-alderson-no-longer-operating-as-mets-team-president.html

Sandy Alderson has officially transitioned from Mets’ team president to
an advisory role, owner Steve Cohen announced this morning (relayed by
Tim Healey of Newsday). It’s the culmination of a process first
announced last September.

Alderson, the New York general manager from 2010-18, returned to the
organization as team president once Cohen purchased the franchise from
the Wilpon family at the conclusion of the 2020 campaign. Alderson and
the club had a mutual understanding he’d spend a fairly brief amount of
time in that capacity, with the sides agreeing last fall to transition
the veteran executive to an advisory role around the time his original
two-year contract expired.

Last fall, the organization indicated Alderson would remain the team
president until the Mets settled on his replacement. They’d been
conducting interviews for the role for some time but still haven’t
filled the position. Cohen suggested this morning they could now leave
it vacant for the entire 2023 campaign, though he didn’t rule out the
possibility of making a hire. As of last September, most of the
candidates under consideration came from business backgrounds rather
than baseball operations career paths — with no indication the club was
interested in curtailing the daily baseball operations responsibilities
for general manager Billy Eppler.

Alderson, 75, has worked in baseball operations or the league office for
the better part of four decades. He’s previously spent time with the
Oakland and San Diego front offices. Alderson remains with the Mets,
though he’s presumably ceded some of the responsibilities he’d taken on
over the past couple years. Perhaps not coincidentally, Cohen has taken
on a more active role with the club. The owner told Healey and other
reporters that he’s now part of weekly meetings with his staff.