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Stearns said he does not yet have someone in mind for the managerial job and will go through a genuine and thorough process.

The Mets need someone who builds relationships and communicates well with both a veteran group and younger, inexperienced players.

NEW YORK — Buck Showalter was fired Sunday as Mets manager after a disappointing season in which baseball’s highest-spending team tumbled from contention by midsummer. The 67-year-old Showalter said before Sunday’s game against Philadelphia that he will not return next year, and a few minutes later the fourth-place Mets said the team had decided on […]

Showalter gave the update himself ahead of the Mets’ last game of the 2023 season.

His departure clears the way for David Stearns, the presumptive new president of baseball operations, to pick a new manager.

And now the pressure rises.

Buck Showalter was fired Sunday as New York Mets manager after a disappointing season in which baseball's highest-spending team tumbled from contention by...

NEW YORK — Buck Showalter was fired Sunday as Mets manager after a disappointing season in which baseball’s highest-spending team tumbled from contention by midsummer. The 67-year-old Showalter said before Sunday’s game against Philadelphia that he will not return next year, and a few minutes later the fourth-place Mets said the team had decided on […]

NEW YORK — Buck Showalter said Sunday he will not return for a third season as Mets manager after a disappointing season in which baseball’s highest-spending team tumbled from contention by midsummer. The 67-year-old Showalter made the announcement before Sunday’s game against Philadelphia. The Mets entered 74-86, 29 1/2 games behind NL East champion Atlanta. […]

NEW YORK -- Buck Showalter's two-year reign as Mets manager is at an end. Showalter announced before Sunday's season finale that he will not return to the post he has held since December 2021. "I was honored to get a chance to manage a second New York team," Showalter said,