According to the Bergen Record’s Steve Popper, the New York Mets have been denied a request to speak with the Detroit Tigers’ assistant general manager Al Avila. The Mets were hoping to add additional candidates to their first-round of general manager interviews.

A source close to Popper says that the team has yet to narrow the initial group down and invite any of the candidates back for a second-round. This contradicts the report from earlier Sunday by ESPN’s Buster Olney that said that Sandy Alderson had been invited back for a second interview.

In addition to Alderson, the team has already interviewed former Kansas City Royals GM Allard Baird, Chicago White Sox assistant GM Rick Hahn, former Arizona Diamondbacks GM Josh Byrnes, and Los Angeles Dodgers assistant GM Logan White.