Mets Hire Former NL Manager of the Year Bob Melvin as Scout

NEW YORK — Former major league manager Bob Melvin has been hired as a professional scout by the New York Mets, who also brought back Mookie Wilson as their minor league outfield and base-running coordinator.

Melvin was the NL Manager of the Year in 2007 with Arizona. He managed the Seattle Mariners from 2003-04 and then the Diamondbacks from 2005 until he was fired last May 8 and replaced by A.J. Hinch.

Wilson, a member of the Mets' 1986 World Series championship team, was their first-base coach from 1997-02 and a minor league manager for New York at Kingsport (2003-04) and Brooklyn (2005).

Guy Conti was replaced as rehabilitation pitching coordinator by Frank Fultz, and Conti becomes a senior adviser in the minor league department. Fultz was pitching coach for the Gulf Coast Mets last year.