Cincinnati Reds game planning and outfield coach Jeff Pickler has removed his name from the Mets’ bench coach search, according to The Athletic’s C. Trent Rosecrans. The report comes just hours after it was revealed the Mets were denied permission to speak to Ryan Flaherty, the Padres’ quality control coach, for the same position. Pickler was previously reported as a person of...
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As we turned to the New Year, the Mets’ front office got more active on things they can control: organizational coaching hires. It might still be a bit before we get any movement on the collective bargaining agreement side of things (more on that soon), but the Mets are seemingly trying to put themselves in the best position to hit the ground running into training camp with a set coaching...
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The Mets were denied permission to talk to San Diego Padres quality control coach Ryan Flaherty for their open bench coach job, according to a report from The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. Flaherty was retained as a quality control coach role after the team hired Bob Melvin to be its coach. He was previously an advanced scout for Padres before earning the promotion. Flaherty’s coaching...
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The Mets made the most significant free-agent signing of the offseason on this day in 2005. And after six-and-a-half stellar seasons, it remains the best free-agent signing in team history. Carlos Beltrán parlayed an astounding 2004 playoff performance with Houston into a free-agency bidding war. New Mets general manager Omar Minaya, like other team executives, was enamored with the mastery he...
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Buck Showalter’s first coaching staff with the New York Mets is very quickly starting to come together. On Thursday morning another addition was announced as Eric Chavez is expected to leave his position with the Yankees and join Showalter and the Mets as the new hitting coach. Chavez joined Aaron Boone’s staff in the Bronx as the assistant hitting coach earlier this offseason. The Yankees...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Genevieve Beacom makes history in her debut as the first woman to play for a professional baseball team in Australia! pic.twitter.com/SFAVGRzmO6 — Melbourne Aces (@MelbourneAces) January 8, 2022 Friday night was a historic one for baseball. For the first time in Australian professional baseball, a female took the mound in a game. Seventeen-year old Genevieve Beacom...
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