Ex-manager Melvin hired as scout by Mets
February 8, 2010
NEW YORK (AP)—Former major league manager Bob Melvin has been hired as aprofessional scout by the New York Mets, who also brought back Mookie Wilson astheir minor league outfield and base running coordinator.
Melvin was the NL Manager of the Year in 2007 with Arizona. He managed theSeattle Mariners from 2003-04 and then the Diamondbacks from 2005 until he wasfired last May 8 and replaced by A.J. Hinch.
Wilson, a member of the Mets’ 1986 World Series championship team, was theirfirst base coach from 1997-02 and a minor league manager for New York atKingsport (2003-04) and Brooklyn (2005).
Guy Conti was replaced as rehabilitation pitching coordinator by FrankFultz, and Conti becomes a senior adviser in the minor league department. Fultzwas pitching coach for the Gulf Coast Mets last year.
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