Mets pick up Terry Collins 2013 option

Sandy Alderson announced that the Mets have picked up the 2013 option on Terry Collins's current contract. “I’m honored,” Collins said through a team spokesman. “But it’s about the guys in the dugout and the good job they did."

Terry Collins, entering his first full season as Mets skipper, has been one of the few consistent managers for this New York team in what has been an unpredictable season. Despite the amount of injuries that have forced Terry Collins to fill out the line-up day in and day out showed why Sandy Alderson wanted him as Mets manager. Even with the financial turmoil the ownership has to deal with in the Madoff scandal, Collins showed during the season he was capable of rallying this team to win. “We’re a team under sometimes difficult circumstances, and in all of those circumstances he has not used injuries or trades or anything else as an excuse for the performance of the team,” said Alderson, who also cited Collins’s work ethic, knowledge of the game and “authentic personality” in making the decision.

Injuries to Jose Reyes, Johan Santana, David Wright and Ike Davis were the Mets’ most significant, and in part prompted the trades of Francisco Rodriguez and Carlos Beltran. Collins was able to keep the Mets around the .500 mark for most of the season. Hopefully 2012 brings a better prospective on the team and they can get back to their winning ways.