New York Mets manager Mickey Callaway fired after 2 years on the job

Mike Callaway.
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The New York Mets have fired manager Mickey Callaway after two years on the job, ESPN reports.

Callaway, formerly the Cleveland Indians' pitching coach, was hired in 2017 to steer the pitching-rich Mets back to the postseason after a typically underwhelming 70-win campaign. Instead, the club went 77-85 in Callaway's first season, and followed that with an 86-76 2019. That season, despite the excellence of Jacob deGrom, Pete Alonso, and Jeff McNeil, may be equally remembered for a horrid bullpen, the threatening of a beat reporter, and a chair thrown in anger by general manager Brodie Van Wagenen.

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