Staff moves; Backman, Teuful and Alomar jr.

Sandy Alomar Jr. had been promoted to first base coach, where he would also continue to work as the catching instructor. Alomar will not fill that role because he has opted to take the same position with the Indians. There is speculation that Shines will now become the first base coach and the Mets will be in search of a catching instructor, candidates could be Gary Carter, John Stearns and Mike DeFelice...The popular former All-Star catcher has been hired by new Indians manager Manny Acta as a first-base coach. Alomar spent the past two years as a catching instructor for the New York Mets. He will mentor Cleveland's catchers. source SI.comIn two Minor league moves Tim Teuful was named the manager of the Binghampton Mets while his platoon partner from the 1986 team Wally Backman was named the manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Backman was a direct message to Omar and Jerry, Omar never believed to be a fan of Backman was not involved in the press conference and it can't be a c...