“I’m the general manager, and everybody within the baseball operations department reports to me,” he said. “That’s not how it has operated recently.”

With reports from the Times, the Daily News (plus Lupica), Newsday, and the Bergan Record (Klap).

Meanwhile, ESPN reports that Larry Bowa will be the Yankees’ new third base coach. Good way to fire up the ol’ Hot Stove season, huh?