It was revealed on Monday that CAA Player Agent Brodie Van Wagenen has made it into the final three in consideration for the Mets general manager job, along with the Brewers’ Doug Melvin and the Rays’ Chaim Bloom.

While there could be some obvious hurdles with hiring an agent, Van Wagenen could be exactly what the Mets need in their next general manager.

Brodie Van Wagenen has a great relationship with the Mets, and it is well documented. CAA currently has five players on the Mets’ active roster under their representation: Yoenis Cespedes, Todd Frazier, Jason Vargas, Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom.

Other notable Mets under their watch are top prospects Anthony Kay and David Peterson, as well as outfielder Tim Tebow, just to name a few.

Van Wagenen and his crew at CAA have locked into $2.2 billion worth of contracts between 2012 and September of 2017, ranking first just in front of Scott Boras at Boras Corps.

Van Wagenen has become a master of negotiations, and can excel from being able to speak straight to an agent and level with them, and the ability to speak from experience.

CAA currently represents 23 all-stars, has six Cy Young awards under their watch to go along with five Rookie-of-the-Years and two MVPs.

Van Wagenen has also dealt with top prospects, including the two previously mentioned Mets, and the numbers are impressive.

Of all the first round picks that CAA has advised for, 81 percent of draftees have signed at or above their slot amount, which is best of any major player agency.

In the last four drafts, they have represented at least one top five draft pick every year and five in total, which is the most of any major agency.

Since their foundation, they have represented 56 first round picks, and since 2012, they have represented 25 first round picks.

Their prospect representation includes Anthony Kay, David Peterson, Dillon Tate, Matt Manning, Corey Ray and Hunter Greene, just to name a few.

Of current Major Leaguers that were first round picks, their representation includes stars such as Michael Wacha, Buster Posey, Ryan Braun, Jed Lowrie and Ryan Zimmerman.

The ability to work with agents while also dealing with players a the major and minor league levels shouldn’t come as an issue to Van Wagenen, their are some obvious issues that will present themselves.

Van Wagenen has no experience in a front office, which could be an issue. As a former college baseball player and a baseball lifer, there’s no doubt he knows the game, but there could be issues with the nitty-gritty.

He would need to be surrounded by strong executives and assistants, particularly in the role Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations/Assistant of Baseball Operations, which could ideally be filled by a Doug Melvin, Omar Minaya, or Sandy Alderson type, bringing oodles of experience to the table to help guide Van Wagenen.

The Mets have a strong foundation in their front office, with the likes of Director of Player Development Ian Levin, and Director of Baseball Research and Development T.J. Barra, who are both sub-40 year old executives that are candidates to move up through the system and be supporting pieces around the new general manager.

Van Wagenen’s implementation could be one like a rookie managers, and be eased into the process and have a strong supporting cast around him to help make the process easier and smoother.

His relationship with the Mets could also help in spending money on the market, which is something the Mets are reluctant to do.

When presented with an idea that he can get behind, Jeff Wilpon has shown no hesitancy to spend big market money, but that doesn’t happen very often.

When Omar Minaya took over the reigns in 2005, and right away began spending with what seemed like an open wallet from the Wilpons, signing Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado.

Minaya proved that if you are in the favor of the Wilpons, they will open their check book for spending in the offseason.

Minaya worked previously with the Mets, and had a strong relationship with the Mets brass, similar to Van Wagenen having previous relations with the Mets and a strong working relationship.

Although it would be out of the box, Brodie Van Wagenen could be just what the Mets need in their next general manager, and could steer them to long-term success.