Alderson Says Mets Will Address Collins' Future After The Season
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- When the Mets' renaissance season finally ends, manager Terry Collins will find out about his future, general manager Sandy Alderson said on Monday.
The Mets hold a team option for Collins in 2016, which, if he's retained, would be his sixth season with the club.
"My thoughts are that we will address that when the season ends," Alderson said on Monday. "(Terry) understands that we are going to deal with that after the season."
So far this season, the 66-year-old manager has pushed all the right buttons as the Mets (72-58) went into Monday's series opener against visiting Philadelphia with a 5 1/2-game lead over Washington atop the NL East. New York last won the division -- and made the playoffs -- in 2006.
Collins averaged 76 wins per season over his first four with the Mets. He previously managed the Houston Astros to three consecutive second-place finishes in the NL Central in the mid-1990s, before guiding the Los Angeles Angels to a pair of AL West runner-up showings in 1997 and 1998, respectively.
With the Angels in the throes of an injury-ravaged 51-82 campaign, Collins resigned with 29 games left in the 1999 season. He resurfaced with the Mets in 2010 as a minor league field coordinator before being named the club's manager in November.
