The New York Mets will move manager Andy Green back to the front office when the season ends, while hiring former slugger J.D. Martinez as a special adviser to baseball operations. The club announced both moves Thursday without specifying Green's new title or Martinez's reporting line.
Green, who managed San Diego from 2016 to 2019 and compiled a 274-366 record, joined the Mets organization as vice president of player development in 2021 before taking the manager job this past winter. His return to the front office after one season on the bench is unusual but not unprecedented—teams increasingly view the manager role as interchangeable with senior baseball ops positions when rebuilding timelines shift. Martinez, 37, retired in October after 14 seasons and 1,690 career games. He finished with a .282/.359/.499 slash line and 351 home runs, including a career-high 43 with Arizona in 2017. He played for seven organizations, most recently Boston, where he posted a .271/.335/.488 line across parts of three seasons.
The simultaneous announcements suggest the Mets are reshaping how decisions move from the front office to the clubhouse. Green's original hire as manager raised questions inside the organization—sources say baseball operations president David Stearns preferred someone with more recent big-league coaching experience, but ownership pushed for Green's player-development background. Moving him back upstairs after one season resolves that tension without a public firing. It also creates a manager vacancy the Mets can fill with someone closer to Stearns's vision, likely a candidate with bench coach or coordinator experience from a winning club.
Martinez's hire is more straightforward: retired sluggers with strong reputations and no agent conflicts make useful conduits between front offices and active players, especially on hitting development and free-agent recruiting. The Mets have $92 million committed to Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo, and Starling Marte through 2027, plus arbitration cases piling up. Martinez knows what high-AAV deals feel like from the player side—he signed a five-year, $110 million contract with Boston in February 2018, then navigated opt-outs and short-term deals as the market shifted. That experience matters when courting Scott Boras clients or convincing arbitration-eligible hitters to accept extensions.
The front-office restructure also clarifies Stearns's chain of command. He inherited Green when he took the job in October but never publicly endorsed him beyond standard opening remarks. By moving Green laterally instead of dismissing him, Stearns keeps institutional knowledge in player development while gaining full control over the dugout. The Mets finished 83-79 this season, missing the playoffs by four games. They ranked 18th in runs scored and 22nd in team OPS despite the Lindor and Nimmo contracts.
Watch for a manager hire before Thanksgiving—Stearns will want someone in place before the Winter Meetings, where the Mets are expected to pursue starting pitching and a right-handed designated hitter. Green's new role will likely involve overseeing minor-league coaching hires and coordinating development plans with the analytics group. Martinez's first public appearance will probably come at spring training, where special advisers traditionally work directly with hitters during morning cage sessions. His presence could also signal interest in eventually managing—though the Mets would be hiring someone else for that job within weeks.
The restructure reflects how much organizational authority Stearns has consolidated in 13 months. He controls baseball operations, scouting, and now effectively controls the dugout through the manager hire. The Martinez addition gives him a credible voice for player-facing decisions without diluting reporting lines. For Green, the move back upstairs is a soft landing that keeps his development expertise inside the org without the scrutiny of a second losing season. For the Mets, it's a clean reset before a winter where they have payroll flexibility and a loaded free-agent market.
The next manager will inherit a roster with $176 million already committed for 2025, per Cot's Baseball Contracts, but enough positional flexibility to add impact pieces. Stearns has not publicly commented on either move. The Mets' final homestand begins Tuesday against Washington.
The takeaway
Mets reconfigure leadership—Green returns to front office, Martinez joins as adviser—giving Stearns full control over next manager hire before Winter Meetings.
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