I’m bewildered by this Jessica Mendoza hire. Let’s hear from Wags…
.@GMBVW says @jessmendoza will be a new voice and bring a fresh perspective to the team. pic.twitter.com/XJAc5UkcpW
— New York Mets (@Mets) March 5, 2019
OK, so like as you listen, some of that seems to make sense. Except it just feels weird. Yeah, she won at a high level. Yeah, she sees talent. I guess. But it feels weird.
AND THERE’S THAT WHOLE CAA THING.
When my friend texted this to me this morning I didn’t know what it was about. I was like – Oh cool, bringing her in will make the booth better. I know we all pray at the altar of GKR, but surely she’d be a good 4th person to rotate through – I’d sure rather have GJR than one of those boring Gary and Ron nights….and let’s be honest…I know we aren’t supposed to say this because he’s a nice guy but let’s all be honest because we all think it….she’d be way better than Gelbs. Way better.
But no, the Mets didn’t do that. They did another Out Of The Box hire. On the one hand In The Box hasn’t worked since I was a teenager, so sure let’s try Out of The Box….except….maybe that’s crazy?
Deep down do you trust this organization? I don’t trust Wags yet. All I see is him bringing in his friends….and I dunno….not sure what’s even going on. Are we building the best organization possible or are we hooking up the gang from Cano to Mendoza? I don’t know.
One thing that I do know….if the Mets open like 7-2…not crazy talk with the Nationals and Marlins on the schedule….there will be all kinds of articles about….wait for it…
WAGS NEW CULTURE!!!
Yes it will be time for the annual NEW CULTURE articles. Wags, a genius with his out of the box hires and his great roster moves blah blah blah. Just dust off the articles from Mickey Hodges, or even Omar Minaya and Los Mets. It’s the same stories, just new details.
I dunno gang, this move….on the back of the weird Leiter move….it all feels off.
Meanwhile, who is the starting OF again Wags? How about addressing the real problems instead of playing Wag(s) the Dog with what passes for Mets media these days.
I dunno. I don’t know.
