By Mariel S. Clark
DNAinfo News Editor
MANHATTAN — Respected baseball man Sandy Alderson will become the next general manager of the New York Mets, according to several media reports.
Alderson met with Mets owner Fred Wilpon, his son and the club's president on Tuesday, according to ESPN.
Alderson, 62, has been the front-runner for the spot since the beginning of the Mets' search, especially after earning the support of Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, ESPN reported.
He will replace the club's former GM, Omar Minaya, who was let go after the Mets' disastrous 2010 season.
Alderson is best known for constructing the Oakland Athletics teams that went to three World Series in the late 80s, winning it in 1989. He left the A's in 1997 to work for Major League Baseball, where he oversaw the league's umpires and worked to grow the game internationally under Selig.
He worked as the CEO of the San Diego Padres beginning in 2005 before resigning in 2009 when the team was sold to an ownership group led by Jeff Moorad.
Josh Byrnes, the former GM of the Arizona Diamondbacks, was also in the running for the position.
The Mets could make the official announcement as early as Friday, between Games 2 and 3 of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and the San Francisco Giants, according to the New York Post.
