The Mets and David Stearns can finally speak with Craig Counsell again.
Less than a week before Counsell’s contract with the Brewers expires, the Mets have received permission from Milwaukee to talk with Counsell about their open manager position, The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed Wednesday.
SNY first reported the development.
Counsell’s contract with the Brewers is set to expire Tuesday and the Mets were initially expected to have to wait until then to speak with him about potentially following Stearns from Milwaukee to Queens.
But they can now get a jump start on the interview process to find the manager who will succeed Buck Showalter.
I honestly don’t care if Counsell ends up getting the job. It’s just the unwarranted hype that bothers me and the fact that these scribes are so dismissive of other legitimate candidates like Ron Washington.