NEW YORK — The Mets are braced for a shakeup.
Manager Jerry Manuel and general manager Omar Minaya both said Friday they have not been notified they are losing their jobs following another season filled with injuries rather than accomplishments.
However, Sports Illustrated, citing unidentified sources, reported on its website the team will announce after the season that the pair won’t return in their roles.
The guaranteed portion of Manuel’s contract expires at the end of the season, and Minaya, completing his sixth season, is due two more years.
“It sounds like everybody got me written off,” Manuel said, “but nobody’s told me off right now. Kick me to curb — I haven’t even seen the curb.”
After coming within a win of reaching the World Series in 2006, the Mets have slopped through four lackluster seasons. They entered the season’s final two days at 78-82.
A 1-2 punch for Phillies
ATLANTA — Roy Halladay and Roy Oswalt will be the Phillies’ first two starting pitchers in the National League Division Series.
Manager Charlie Manuel said Halladay will start Game 1, followed by Oswalt. He did not name the Game 3 starter, though the likely choice is Cole Hamels.
Meanwhile, third baseman Placido Polanco returned to the team after receiving a cortisone shot in his left elbow Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Footnotes.
David Price will pitch in relief for Tampa Bay tonight, his final tuneup before starting the Rays’ first playoff game Wednesday.
• Red Sox third baseman Adrian Beltre left Boston for Los Angeles to be with his wife, Sandra, who was about to give birth to their third child. Manager Terry Francona doesn’t expect him back this season.
