{"id":343461,"date":"2021-09-24T00:51:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T21:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-should-chase-billy-beane-not-theo-epstein\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T00:51:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T21:51:14","slug":"mets-should-chase-billy-beane-not-theo-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-should-chase-billy-beane-not-theo-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets should chase Billy Beane, not Theo Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mets should chase Billy Beane, not Theo Epstein<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/ken-davidoff.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Ken Davidoff\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/ken-davidoff.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/ken-davidoff.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Steve Cohen faces the most important decision of his Mets ownership, quite possibly the defining one, in the coming month-ish when he lands on who will run his baseball operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s a plea that he not get distracted by trivialities like World <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> rings.<\/p>\n<p>OK, I\u2019m trolling some. Theo Epstein put together three champion clubs, two with the Red Sox and one with the Cubs, and that carries real financial meaning and gives one massive credibility in the baseball world.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, I would hope that if the Mets land Billy Beane rather than Epstein for this vital job, we\u2019d hear no whining about Beane\u2019s (bleep) not working in the playoffs. Because these Mets, if you haven\u2019t noticed, are not very good at MAKING the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>And because Beane, somehow a darkhorse candidate for the gig despite the fact that Brad Freaking Pitt portrayed him in an Oscar-nominated film that celebrated his excellence at this very job, arguably would be a better fit for the Mets\u2019 opening than Epstein himself.<\/p>\n<p>He wouldn\u2019t be an easier GET than Epstein for the simple reason that Epstein, a consultant for Major League Baseball, is a free agent and Beane, the A\u2019s executive vice president of baseball ops, isn\u2019t. Yet that shouldn\u2019t deter the Mets from trading an asset or three to the A\u2019s to acquire the man they drafted 23rd overall in 1980.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Billy-Beane-Mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=704\" alt=\"Mets Billy Beane\" class=\"wp-image-19560113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Billy-Beane-Mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1408 1408w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Billy-Beane-Mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1056 1056w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Billy-Beane-Mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=704 704w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Billy-Beane-Mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=352 352w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Billy-Beane-Mets.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\"\/><figcaption>Billy Beane has a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 that can match Theo Epstein\u2019s in breadth, if not parades.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the r\u00e9sum\u00e9, one that can match Epstein\u2019s in breadth if not parades: Eleven postseason <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earances for Oakland in the prior 21 campaigns, with these current A\u2019s in serious peril of falling short. Each season has been played on a shoestring budget; the 2021 Athletics\u2019 payroll of about $89 million (thanks, Spotrac) stands as less than half the $199 million Cohen has allocated for the Mets. Beane has displayed a unique knack for building a winner, tearing it down and constructing another strong group. His A\u2019s experienced a five-year October gap between 2006 and 2012 successes, then shortened that to three years between 2014 and 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/amazin-but-true\/terrycollinstalksstateofthemets-luisrojas-future?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that Beane\u2019s prominence from \u201cMoneyball\u201d afforded him some freedoms with the A\u2019s; shoot, he nearly left baseball for soccer last year until merger talks with his RedBall Acquisition Corp and the Red Sox\u2019s Fenway Sports Group fell apart. Yet his chosen <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager David Forst performed excellent work keeping the A\u2019s relevant, and the way baseball teams get run nowadays, it\u2019ll be vital for Beane to select another strong GM no matter how much he curtails (or doesn\u2019t) his outside activities. Here\u2019s an easy recommendation: A\u2019s assistant GM\/director of player personnel Billy Owens, who interviewed for the Mets\u2019 GM opening last winter and, unlike the two people the Mets hired over him, still holds the job with which he started this season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Mets-Theo-Epstein.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mets Theo Epstein\" class=\"wp-image-19560147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Mets-Theo-Epstein.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Mets-Theo-Epstein.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Mets-Theo-Epstein.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Theo Epstein would be easier for the Mets to get because he\u2019s a free agent.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">MLB via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Whether you think Sandy Alderson deserves to stay after the extremely rough start to his Mets sequel, he\u2019s staying, and Beane and Alderson are extremely close, protege and mentor, having worked together multiple times in Oakland. Ironically, the strongest bond between Alderson and Epstein might be that they both gave jobs to Jared Porter and Zack Scott. Yeesh.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014How much more appealing does Beane become if he brings A\u2019s manager Bob Melvin with him, an idea first floated by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/2831379\/2021\/09\/17\/rosenthal-the-mets-in-need-of-stability-and-experience-should-try-to-hire-the-as-billy-beane-and-bob-melvin\/\">The Athletic\u2019s Ken Rosenthal<\/a>? Melvin, who loves New York, also would require compensation, and he also ranks among the best at what he does, bringing profound competence to the field, the clubhouse and the fans, via press conferences. Alderson\u2019s first managerial search for the Mets came down to Terry Collins and Melvin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Of all the candidates, it\u2019s hardest to envision Beane sweating Cohen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>-media habits.<\/p>\n<p>Beane famously told \u201cMoneyball\u201d author Michael Lewis, \u201cMy (bleep) doesn\u2019t work in the playoffs. My job is to get us to the playoffs. What happens after that is (bleeping) luck.\u201d If there\u2019s a good amount of truth to that, common sense says that doubling the budget and then some can only help his luck.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a belief within the industry that Beane, a longtime California resident, is really open to coming East. If so, you should believe in Beane, no matter that he\u2019s still trying to win the last <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> of the season. Wouldn\u2019t meeting that goal at Citi Field be one hell of an ending?\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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