Andy Green will get half a season as manager of the Mets. Moreover, he plans to return to his old job.
For Green, that will mean overseeing the organization’s player development, a role he held for the past two-and-a-half seasons before being named to replace the fired Carlos Mendoza on Friday in the Mets’ dugout.
“I liked the role I was in — I chose that role,” Green said before a 2-1 loss to the Phillies at Citi Field. “I chose to come out of hiding. I chose over and over again to say no [managerial] Opportunities in other organizations.”
Carson Bing, AJ Ewing and Nolan Maclin are among the emerging players on the Mets roster that Green, the former Padres manager, has been instrumental in helping develop.
“It’s a lot of fun,” Green said. “You absolutely love what you have the opportunity to do… Some people you fall in love with before the city falls in love with them and I love that. I chose that because I truly love the people I work with here.”
Andrew Christie, the organization’s director of player development, will oversee the farm system while Green assumes the administrative role. But Green said he will remain somewhat involved in player development as the season progresses.
Green noted that full-time administrative work doesn’t appeal to him as much as it might have before.
“I worked like crazy at [player development] “A job, but I’m home for Father’s Day weekend — I can take my daughter to a Broadway show every now and then,” Green said. “Those things don’t exist when you have that responsibility.”
Andrew Christie, the organization’s director of player development, will oversee the farm system while Green assumes the administrative role. But Green said he will remain somewhat involved in player development as the season progresses.
Green noted that full-time administrative work doesn’t appeal to him as much as it might have before.
“I worked like crazy at [player development] “A job, but I’m home for Father’s Day weekend — I can take my daughter to a Broadway show every now and then,” Green said. “Those things don’t exist when you have that responsibility.”
Tyrone Taylor is back from the injured list after missing last month with a right quadriceps strain. He did not play Friday. MJ Melendez was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse to create roster space.
The Mets also optioned reliever Daniel Duarte, with Zach Thornton called up from Syracuse to start against the Phillies.
Christian Scott, who will return from the IL on Saturday to start, is among the players with a connection to Green as a recent Mets farmhand.
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“He’s the man,” Scott said. “He has a lot of experience as a coach and a player and also in the front office, so he understands aspects of the game and carries that experience and instills it with the younger players.”
Scott, who received a cortisone injection last week in his right hip due to a collision, has moved to a 3.10 ERA as a success story in a beleaguered rotation.
“I’m in a good place now,” Scott said. “I just want to be on the field as much as I can and learn how my body reacts to different hikes and outings and try to do that all year long.”