Billy Eppler’s first front office hire as Mets general manager is historic.
The team is hiring Elizabeth Benn as director of major league operations, according to multiple reports. This makes her the highest ranked baseball operations employee in club history.
Benn spent more than four years working at Major League Baseball, starting as an intern in youth programs and labor relations and working her way up to her most recent position as Senior Baseball Operations Coordinator, according to his LinkedIn page.
The Canadian, who has a master’s degree in philosophy from Columbia and was an assistant lecturer at Lehman College, also spent time coaching baseball with the Blue Jays in 2015. Benn is a pitcher herself, playing in the New York City Metro Amateur Baseball. League weekends from 2016-18.
Eppler was hired as Mets GM in November.
