PRESS RELEASE - METS ANNOUNCE MANAGERIAL CHANGE

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., October 1, 2023 - The New York Mets announced the departure of Manager Buck Showalter.

"We are heading in a new direction, with a new President of Baseball Operations and we let Buck know we'll be parting ways. We will begin the search for a new manager immediately," Mets Owner, Chairman and CEO Steve Cohen said. "Buck is a generational manager, and we value what he has done for our team, including leading us to a 101 win season and postseason berth last year. The commitment and heart that Buck brings to the game will be felt by our organization for years to come. We wish Buck all the best in the next chapter of his career."

"As we look toward the next chapter for the New York Mets, we felt that making a managerial change was the right course of action," Mets Executive Vice President, General Manager Billy Eppler said. "We are grateful for Buck's dedication, professionalism, and leadership, and for his work in guiding the 2022 Mets to a 101-win season, the second-highest total in franchise history. We wish Buck the very best in what comes next for him and his family."

Steve Cohen will be available to credentialed media at Citi Field on Monday at 12 p.m. to address this news and officially announce the Mets President of Baseball Operations.

 

 Buck Showalter's Managerial Record: 

Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Challenges	Overturned	Overturn%	Ejections
21	2022	66	New York Mets	NL		101	61	.623	0	162	2	1	2	.333	33	26	78.8%	0
22	2023	67	New York Mets	NL		74	86	.463	1	161	4	0	0		27	10	37.0%	3
			New York Yankees		4 years	313	268	.539	1	582	2.4	2	3	.400				9
			Arizona Diamondbacks		3 years	250	236	.514	0	486	3.0	1	3	.250				3
			Texas Rangers		4 years	319	329	.492	0	648	3.3	0	0					6
			Baltimore Orioles		9 years	669	684	.494	0	1353	3.3	6	8	.429	150	83	55.3%%	15
			New York Mets		2 years	175	147	.543	1	323	3.0	1	2	.333	60	36	60.0%%	3
					22 years	1726	1664	.509	2	3392	3.1	10	16	.385	210	119	56.7%%	36

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/1/2023.

We've announced the departure of Manager Buck Showalter.https://t.co/uwgPFQEGYF

— New York Mets (@Mets) October 1, 2023

Buck Showalter announces that he will not be returning next year and has a message for Mets fans:

"I was honored to get a chance to manage a second New York team and I'm proud of what the Mets did... I wish things could've gone better this season because Mets fans deserve that" pic.twitter.com/0cxRnauerZ

— SNY (@SNYtv) October 1, 2023

The entire Mets team and staff has come out of the dugout to applaud Buck Showalter as he exchanges his final lineup card as Mets manager.

Showalter is getting a standing ovation from the crowd. pic.twitter.com/hhXBRNl1h3

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 1, 2023

Thank you, Buck. pic.twitter.com/oPRqj6zawi

— New York Mets (@Mets) October 1, 2023

Buck Showalter said he has spoken with somebody or somebodies (but not Steve Cohen) about his status beyond this season. But he declined to reveal more.

“We’ll get to it,” he said.

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) October 1, 2023

BREAKING: Buck Showalter says he will not be back as Mets manager.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 1, 2023

Buck Showalter just strongly indicated he has been given an indication one way or the other regarding his personal future with the team. But he won't reveal the verdict.

"We'll get to that," Showalter said.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) October 1, 2023

Buck Showalter just announced he won’t return as manager.

— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) October 1, 2023

Showalter’s departure amounts to a forced resignation. He was told he would be fired if he didn’t step aside.

— Mike Puma (@NYPost_Mets) October 1, 2023

METS’ RECENT AUTUMNS…

2023: manager search

2022: extremely brief playoff experience

2021: POBO/GM search (then manager search)

2020: waiting for Cohen purchase to go final, POBO/GM search

2019: manager search

2018: GM search

2017: manager search

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) October 1, 2023