Another assistant GM. Here's more than you need to know about the newly hired Wayne Krivsky.
METS NAME WAYNE KRIVSKY SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO GM
FLUSHING, N.Y., June 21, 2008 - The New York Mets today named Wayne Krivsky,
Special Assistant to General Manager Omar Minaya. Krivsky's main responsibility
will be major league scouting.
Krivsky is in his 32nd year in a Major League front office. He was mostly
recently the General Manager for the Cincinnati Reds from the start of the 2006
season through April 23, 2008.
Before joining the Reds, he spent eight years as the Assistant GM for the
Minnesota Twins. The Twins won three straight AL Central titles from 2002-2004.
Wayne originally joined Minnesota in 1994 as a special assistant.
Wayne began his baseball career in the Texas Rangers ticket office in 1977. He
joined the baseball operations department two years later as an assistant
director of player development and scouting. In 1980, the Rangers promoted him
to Assistant GM, a position he held until joining the Twins in 1994.
Krivsky will turn 54 on July 28th. He graduated from New Canaan (CT) High School
in 1972 and later earned a management science degree while playing three years
on the baseball team at Duke University.
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Well, nice to see they have someone who can evaluate talent. So, it'll give someone new to Bernezard to undermine. And maybe Wilpon can give him some pointers on talent evaluation, like finding a shortstop that cannot backhand a groundball.