Sports Illustrated reports the Mets kept top scout Sandy Johnson, who wanted to retire:
Mets officials believe the unusual effort made to retain Johnson is another sign of diminishing faith in Minaya.
Mets COO Jeff Wilpon is said to have thought it imperative that Johnson, who had a big hand in building winning teams in Texas and Arizona, return to boost the front office. Johnson had previously expressed to the Mets that he was likely to retire. Johnson was said by one club official to have been given basically “a blank check” to return, signaling the Mets’ desperation to keep him. The vast majority of Mets scouts had their contracts renewed within the past few days with no raise, said to be the result of a bad economy and the team’s poor performance.
I can’t say I’m surprised to hear Minaya is on the bubble.
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