>>Managers

We've already had a couple of managers for 2020. I was looking forward to Beltran giving it a shot and it's a shame he was caught up in that cheating fiasco. 

When I heard of his replacement I said "WHO?". 

So I had to do a little homework.

Here's the scoop:

Rojas played with the Baltimore Orioles (2000), Florida Marlins (2001-02) and Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals (2003-05) minor league systems.

Enters his 14th season with the Mets organization. Luis's first managing gig was with the Gulf Coast Mets in 2011.

He managed Savannah (A) of the South Atlantic League for three seasons from 2012-2014, guiding them to the South Atlantic League championship in 2013 and was named the South Atlantic League Manager of the Year in 2014.

Rojas managed St. Lucie (A) of the Florida State League from 2015-16 and led them to a second-half Florida State League South Division title.

Managed Binghamton (AA) during the 2017 and 2018 seasons, leading the Rumble Ponies to a 2017 playoff berth.

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So he has some experience and some success managing. This move will either make the Wilpon's look typically cheap or ridiculously wise. I'm hoping for the latter. 

>>>mfc 2020 Mets Manager and Coaches Card

This one took a remarkable amount of time and work to create from concept to completion. 

Back in 2017 I made a Yogi Berra manager and coaches card (based on the real '74 Topps manager cards, but in full color) and I wanted to apply that layout to the 2020 mfc design. I didn't plan on the new design being as complicated as it is, but I just kept going until I felt I was done. 

I also made one for Yogi '72 Topps style. I like it better than the '74 Topps one and it's closer in resemblance to the new one in it's design. 

On the new card I thought choosing the coaches to include would be a simple decision. But it wasn't. Teams have SO MANY coaches these days! For everything!!

And according to the Mets, Regan is an "interim" coach (as is Ricky Bones). So I will make a few variations of this card and they will include different grouping of Mets coaches.

I will also update these to show the coaches in their Mets uniforms/caps when the photos become available. For now I'll go the old Topps pre-traded set way: 

*NOW WITH METS.

The image of Beltran himself needed to be doctored so it was more appropriate.

LETS GO METS in 2020!!!