Here’s the latest rumors for the New York Mets from Newsday’s Ken Davidoff:

Sandy Alderson will be formally introduced as the Met’s general manager on Friday, and he’ll likely get busy as soon as possible since the contracts of most of the team’s scouts and coaches will expire on Sunday.

Assistant GM John Ricco will stay with the Mets and will likely be the Met’s next GM after Alderson’s turn is up. The fate of special assistant Wayne Krivsky and scouting director Rudy Terrasas is to be determined.

Paul DePodesta could be brought over to New York since he has a close relationship with Alderson.

The Mets indicated a willingness to eat money on Carlos Beltran, Luis Castillo, Oliver Perez and Francisco Rodriguez.

Wally Backman is unlikely to be the team’s next manager.

Here are a few Yankees rumors from Davidoff:

It’s possible that former Mets manager Willie Randolph could return to the Yankees in a community relations role.

Davidoff believes that Carl Willis, pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners, would be an interesting candidate to replace Dave Eiland as the Yankees pitching coach.