The New York Mets have turned over half of their coaching staff for the 2020 season. The team is looking for a whole new look and strategy as they prepare to hopefully make a playoff run. They revamped the coaching staff with a diverse group of coaches that each bring their own skill sets that should create an intriguing blend of old-school and analytics.

Hired/Returning

Manager: Carlos Beltran

Beltran is the set to be the leader of the Mets in 2020. This will be his first coaching role of any kind, however, don’t underestimate him. Beltran has a long history as a clubhouse leader from his playing days and spent the last two years in a front office role with the Yankees.

He spent that time learning about analytics and how to communicate as a boss rather than a peer. Beltran’s communication skills are hailed as his best skill and should help him win over the clubhouse fairly quickly. Getting the players to buy into his and the coaching staff’s vision is a huge early challenge for Beltran, but he should be up to the task.

It’s still unknown how Beltran will handle the in-game tactics that come with a manager, but if the impressive baseball IQ he displayed as a player is any indication then he’ll excel in that role.

Hitting Coach: Chili Davis

Davis is set to return to the coaching staff after helping turn the Mets’ offense around in 2019. The team improved across the board offensively from 2018 to 2019 and Chili Davis was a part of that. The team in general had better situational hitting. There is a question of how much Davis really contributed to that compared to the improved personal.

Whatever the case Davis is returning to the Mets in 2020 after signing a two-year deal this offseason. He will bring with him his old-school approach to hitting that seemed to resonate with the team. He is the only coach on the staff known to stand by his old-school tactics and show a particular dislike of the new-school analytics.

Pitching Coach: Jeremy Hefner

Former Mets’ starting pitcher Jeremy Hefner is set to return to the team in 2020, this time as the pitching coach. Hefner is an incredibly young coach at just 33 years old, he has only two years of coaching and front office work under his belt. He was an advance scout with the Twins in 2018 and the Twins assistant pitching coach in 2019.

Hefner is seen  as one of the most advanced analytic pitching coaches in MLB. He has dedicated his post-playing career to learning about analytics and how to implement them. Adding him to the Mets staff should be seen as a boon for the pitchers. He will bring an analytic side to them that they haven’t previously had under their previous coaches. Though Phil Regan is a more  analytically driven coach then his age suggests.

Bench Coach: Hensley Meulens

Hensley Meulens is yet another new face joining the Mets 2020 coaching staff. He has a decade of major league coaching experience behind him with the San Francisco Giants. He was their hitting coach from 2010-2017 and their bench coach from 2018-2019. He worked with Beltran in 2011 after the Mets traded him to the Giants.

Meulens is well known for his communication ability. He is the only coach in MLB who can speak five languages English, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, and Papiamento. He should be able to help Beltran communicate with his players early and often.

He also has some managerial experience having made the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic in 2013 and 2017. He should be able to bring some of that experience with him to help Beltran with in-game decisions.

Unknown Role: Gary DiSarcina

DiSarcina is set to return to the coaching staff in 2020, but his role is still unknown. DiSarcina has been a major league coach since 2017 having held various roles. He’s been a a third base coach, first base coach, and a bench coach. He was the Mets’ third base coach in 2019.

DiSarcina was once seen as a future major league manager. He has interviewed for multiple manager jobs over the years. With DiSarcina at third base in 2019, the Mets’ overall base running grade took a huge hit dropping from 2.6 to -17. Ranking wise the Mets dropped from 14th to 29th.

It’ll be interesting to see if DiSarcina will keep his base coach job in 2020 despite this steep drop in base running.

Expected to return, but not confirmed

Luis Rojas

Luis Rojas was the Mets’ quality control coach in 2019. He was in charge of relaying information from the front office to the players. He was often in charge of relaying analytic information to the players and turning it into easily digestible information.

He was good at his job and has a connection with many of his players. Robinson Cano openly campaigned for Luis Rojas to get the Mets’ manager job. He has also managed half of the current roster during their minor league careers.

He seems to be in-line for a promotion this season, but it’s not yet known if he is returning or what his role would be if he did.

Jeremy Accardo

Accardo has been with the Mets’ organization since 2017 when he was hired as the Gulf Coast Mets’ pitching coach. He was promoted in 2018 to the bullpen coach of the Las Vegas 51s. Last year he made his way to the major league coaching staff as the team’s pitching strategist.

His job was to work with the pitching staff to build strategies for how to attack opponents. When Accardo got the job mid-season the pitching staff saw a turn around after a rough beginning to the season.

It’s not known yet whether or not Accardo will return to the team in 2020 or what role he would have if he did.

Ricky Bones

Ricky Bones has been the Mets’ bullpen coach for a long time. He took over the job in 2012 and kept it until 2019. He was replaced by Chuck Hernandez who was fired in June, and Ricky Bones returned to the role. It’s not known whether or not Bones will return to the team for 2020.

Role needed to be filled

Base Coaches

The Mets need to figure out who their base coaches are going to be for the 2020 season. There are a few members of the coaching staff who fit this role. Namely, Luis Rojas and Gary DiSarcina.It’s likely that at this late stage of the season the Mets will fill these roles internally. If they do go out of the franchise to make a hire expect it to be a former catcher who takes the role, so he can also double as the catching coach.

Catching Coach

The Mets are in need of a catching coach. The role was held by Glenn Sherlock last season, but he will not be returning to the team in 2020. One name to look at is former Met Brian Schneider. Schneider was the Marlins catching coordinator from 2015-2019. Schneider has connections to the Mets franchise, Carlos Beltran, and Omar Minaya.

Considering how heavy an emphasis the Mets have seemed to put on prior relationships with the organization in coaching hires this offseason Schneider makes a lot of sense.