It was World Series or bust for the 2023 Mets, and that cost Buck Showalter his job. But so did the club's impending change in leadership.
' regular-season finale, in the Citi Field press conference room, the veteran skipper announced in his trademark Florida Panhandle drawl that he and the club were parting ways. There were no tears, but the typically free-flowing and jovial Showalter took on a much more somber, direct tone Sunday.
Not all the catastrophe that was the 2023 Mets belongs on Showalter's shoulders. The front office handed him an old, flawed and shallow roster. Managers are not miracle workers. "This is not a reflection on Buck. Buck did everything that we wanted him to do. Obviously the season was a disappointment, but it's not Buck's fault; it's spread across the organization."in the final year of his contract this past season after building them into perennial contenders, is considered one of the sport's most forward-thinking and progressive general managers.
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