Mets fire VP of Player Development Tony Bernazard

According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Mets have fired VP of Player Development Tony Bernazard. But why? Because the Mets farm system sucks a big one and they have no one to replace the injured lineup right now? DUI? Dog fighting? What could it be?

Was it a string of recent events including an argument with K-Rod on the team bus? Did that also include a tirade at Double-A Binghamton in which he yelled at the players and took his shirt off to challenge them to a fight? We think that’s it.

“Yeah [it happened], but I’m not going to talk about that,” Rodriguez told The Post. “Not going to get into it.”

So yeah, they fired him and are expected to announce it tomorrow. It seems the VP of Player Development was a team cancer. How in the hell does that happen?

“That guy [Bernazard] is crazy,” the player said. “No one like[s] him.”