BigEd76 wrote:

when Healey didn’t leave, Vargas got into a stare down with him.

BigEd76 wrote:

NYPost_Mets
Tension in the clubhouse. Jason Vargas had to be separated from going after Tim Healey of Newsday.
Incident started with Mickey Callaway cursing out Healey for being an antagonist.
Callaway told the public relations staff to “Get this motherfucker” out of the clubhouse and when Healey didn’t leave, Vargas got into a stare down with him. Words were exchanged and Vargas had to be restrained from him.

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BigEd76 wrote:

when Healey didn’t leave, Vargas got into a stare down with him.

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Marc Carig @MarcCarig
As @NYPost_Mets first reported, a source says Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen texted a member of the support staff to direct manager Mickey Callaway in the dugout to pull Jacob deGrom from a game in AZ.

Yes, there’s more collaboration. But that level of micromanagement is unusual.

According to an industry source, it was the rookie GM who instructed Mickey Callaway to remove Jacob deGrom from a game in Arizona earlier this month in which the Mets ace sustained a hip cramp. After deGrom was removed from the game in the seventh inning, the bullpen imploded in a loss that added to the frustration of a 2-5 road trip.

The source said Van Wagenen, who was watching the game at home on TV, communicated with a member of the Mets support staff with an order to remove deGrom from the game. Callaway complied with the order, and deGrom was visibly upset as he departed the field, certain that he could continue pitching. The manager was grilled for the move, but at the time insisted the decision was his.

“Hell, yeah, it’s unusual: sending word to the dugout, telling the manager what to do?” the source said. “I have never heard of that before.”

MLB rules stipulate that players and coaches cannot use cellphones anywhere during a game.

The source added there was grumbling at the time within the clubhouse that Van Wagenen hadn’t come forward and taken responsibility for the decision, as the perception persisted that deGrom was unhappy with a manager fighting to keep his job.
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“For injury-related situations we can have dialogue if there are situations that are player/health related,” Van Wagenen said. “But as far as player in-game decisions Mickey has control of those decisions for baseball.”

So did Van Wagenen communicate with a member of the support staff with orders to remove deGrom from the game that night?

“Mickey has control of baseball decisions,” Van Wagenen said.

MattEhalt
Sources confirm that Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen has acted during games, texting to staffers, including to remove Jacob deGrom during that Arizona start earlier this year in which he left early. It's happened more than once.

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