After seven seasons at the helm of the New York Mets, Terry Collins has resigned as the club's longest reigning manager. The Mets would endure four straight losing seasons under Collins before shocking baseball by winning the NL pennant in 2015 and reaching the post-season again last year, the New York Mets fell on hard times this year falling to a record of 70-92 in 2017, 27 games back of the Washington Nationals in the NL East. Indeed, they finished only four games ahead of the last place Philadelphia Phillies. Collins' resigned after the last game of the season following an 11-0 drubbing at the hands of the Phils who will also have a new manager next season after deciding to kick Pete Mackanin upstairs. Like Mackanin, Collins has accepted a position in the Mets' front office.
Not all of this can be laid at Collins' door. There were injuries to Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz, Jeurys Familia, Yoenis Cespedes and David Wright not to mention the decline of one time ace Matt Harvey. But someone had to take the fall and Collins' contract was up.
Regardless of who they hire should these aforementioned players be healthy and regain their form next year, the Mets will be right back in the thick of things in 2018.
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