NEW YORK (AP) — Former major league manager Bob Melvin has been hired as a professional scout by the New York Mets, who also brought back Mookie Wilson as their minor league outfield and base running coordinator.
Melvin was the NL Manager of the Year in 2007 with Arizona. He managed the Seattle Mariners from 2003-04 and then the Diamondbacks from 2005 until he was fired last May 8 and replaced by A.J. Hinch.
Wilson, a member of the Mets' 1986 World Series championship team, was their first base coach from 1997-02 and a minor league manager for New York at Kingsport (2003-04) and Brooklyn (2005).
Guy Conti was replaced as rehabilitation pitching coordinator by Frank Fultz, and Conti becomes a senior adviser in the minor league department. Fultz was pitching coach for the Gulf Coast Mets last year.
