Mets throw a changeup: Agent Brodie Van Wagenen to be GM
NEW YORK — When the New York Mets went looking for a general manager, they found one in a peculiar place.
On the other side of the bargaining table.
Baseball agent Brodie Van Wagenen has agreed to switch roles and become GM of the Mets, team spokesman Harold Kaufman confirmed Monday.
Kaufman said chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon and Van Wagenen have settled on contract terms, although no paperwork had been signed just yet. Details of the deal were not disclosed.