Terry Collins' second year as skipper of the New York Mets promises to go a lot smoother than his soph season at the helm of the Orix Buffaloes back in 2008.

You'll recall early in that second campaign with the Buffs, Collins resigned abruptly over philosophical differences with Orix management on the best way to improve their then-last place team.

There's no way, though, that Collins is jumping ship with his current New York club. Terry and the Mets front office are definitely on the same page regarding how to lead the Big Apple ballclub out of the National League East abyss (only Miami was worse last season).