MLB Networks’ Peter Gammons said on WFAN (via Anthony McCarron of the New York Daily News) that he believes Bobby Valentine will be the next manager of the Mets.

We’ve heard numerous rumors about Valentine being and not being a candidate. He was almost named the manager of the Florida Marlins (along with a four-year contract), but at the last minute, the team’s executives decided to stick with interim manager Edwin Rodriguez.

“If this is a major-league process, I hope I’m never in the process again,’ Bobby Valentine said in June on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight. “It’s very disturbing, confusing and it was insulting at times, but it’s over.’

With several high profile managerial openings available after this season, it won’t be a walk in the park for the Mets to secure Valentine’s employment. Valentine was recently known to be interested in the vacant Seattle Mariners’ job, and his name has been brought up in Chicago Cubs’ rumors.