By Justin Worsley
After six seasons and only one playoff appearance, the New York Mets have decided to move on without general manager Omar Minaya according to sources on ESPN.com.
Minaya, however, will not join the unemployment line alone. Mets manager Jerry Manuel will also be let go as early as this weekend after the regular season ends.
New York is currently 78-82 and tied with the Florida Marlins for third place in the NL East. After winning the division title in 2006, the Mets went back-to-back seasons in which they were eliminated from the playoffs on the last day of the regular season.
Minaya joined the team in 2005 and immediately signed two impact players, ace pitcher Pedro Martinez and slugger Carlos Beltran. In recent seasons, however, Minaya's teams have entered the season expecting to be in the playoffs and have continuously let down fans with either bad play of injuries.
Mets fans also publicly criticized Minaya for firing former manager Willie Randolph after a 9-6 road loss to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2008.
Manuel became the Mets interim manager after Randolph's firing. Not once during Manuel's two-plus years as the Mets skipper did they make it into the postseason.
The Met's have gone 203-212 since Manuel took over the team.
Though Minaya had several bright spots as far as trading for players or signing free agents, not all have worked for New York. After signing closer Francisco Rodriguez to a three-year deal in December 2008, the Mets released the player after allegedly assaulting his girlfriends father.
The loss to Milwaukee on Thursday officially made it the second consecutive losing season for the Mets.
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