David Ross isn’t hiding his interest in the Mets’ managerial opening.
The former Cubs skipper, who now works for ESPN, told Dan Martin of the New York Post on Sunday that he’d “love” a chance to run New York’s dugout next season.
“I hope they call,” Ross said. “It would be nice. It would be cool.”
Ross, 49, is a familiar name to Mets interim manager Andy Green, who was Chicago’s bench coach from 2020 to 2023 while Ross was managing the Cubs. Green has since taken over for Carlos Mendoza, who was fired by the club this past week with the Mets in the middle of what the source described as a disastrous campaign. Green had been New York’s senior vice president of player development before moving into the dugout.
Ross said he’d welcome another shot at managing after already getting one in Chicago.
“I’ve gotten bench coach offers, but managing would be fun,” Ross added. “I hope I get another chance to at least interview.
I was in a big market with no experience and I think that served me well. And just having been in the dugout as a manager already, there’s history of guys doing well the second time around: [Terry] Francona, [Bobby] Cox, [Bruce] Bochy, [Joe] Torre.
You learn a lot the first time you do it and there are things you do differently.”
Ross managed the Cubs for four seasons and went 262-284. Chicago reached the postseason once during his tenure, doing so in the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
His playing career lasted 15 years across seven teams, and he won World Series titles with the Red Sox in 2013 and the Cubs in 2016.
Ross also had praise for Green, calling him “one of the smartest baseball guys I’ve been around.”
“He taught me a lot because he knows all the numbers, he’s analytically savvy, but he also played the game,” Ross said. “The situation sucks because I know how much he wanted this season to work out differently, and he loved Mendoza, but I’m glad he’s back in the dugout again.”
The Mets are expected to conduct a full managerial search next offseason, and Ross made clear he’d like to be part of it.
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