Omar Minaya's successor as general manager, Sandy Alderson, had dinner with Minaya earlier this month, the first face-to-face contact between the two men since Minaya's dismissal in early October. Though Alderson didn't discuss the details of his meeting, he did intimate that Minaya may be welcome back with the club in some capacity. "We continue to have a good relationship," Alderson said at Wednesday's news conference to introduce infielder Chin-lung Hu. "At this point, [Minaya] will -- when he deems it appropriate -- give me another call and we'll see where it goes."