Report: Giants exec Sabean eyeing front office role with Mets


Longtime Giants executive Brian Sabean reportedly is eyeing a new opportunity, and has his sights set on the Big Apple.

Sabean has interest in becoming the New York Mets' next vice president of baseball operations, The New York Daily News' Deesha Thosar reported Friday citing league sources.

"A source close to Sabean confirmed to the Daily News that he very much would like another challenge in his life. He’s going stir crazy in San Francisco with essentially nothing to do (in the role of a special assistant) with the Giants. But the real attraction for Sabean would be the fact that it’s New York and it’s the Mets, the source said. Unlike Billy Beane, who was reluctant to uplift his family and roots from the West Coast to New York City, the source close to Sabean said he would do it in a heartbeat if the Mets offered him the job," Thosar writes.

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