Updated Post – Sept. 24, 11:15
Sources tell Mike Mayer of MMO that the Mets continue to have discussions with former Reds minor league pitching coordinator Kyle Boddy. As previously reported by Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News, the Mets minor league pitching coordinator/assistant pitching coach Ricky Meinhold is leaving the organization.
It was reported last month that both the Rangers and Mets both met with Boddy. The Driveline founder announced last week that he would no longer be working with the Reds because of differing opinions on development.
Original Post – Sept. 23, 20:27
Luis Rojas is not the only coach in the Mets organization with an anxious eye towards 2022.
Mets assistant pitching coach and minor league coordinator Ricky Meinhold left the organization “to explore other opportunities,” according to the New York Daily News‘ Deesha Thosar.
Touted as a big believer in analytics and a holdover from the Brodie Van Wagenen era, Meinhold has left to pursue other opportunities rather than wait to see who will remain after an expected shake up this offseason, Thosar says. This is yet another example of behind-the-scenes tumult that seems to have never-endingly shadowed this iteration of the New York Mets.
Thosar quoted a source saying: “Anybody who has the opportunity to go anywhere else right now is going to take it. … Everyone is nervous.”
From the firing of former GM Jared Porter to Zack Scott’s alleged DUI, which landed him on administration leave just last month, it’s hard to look at the heart warming moments of Patrick Mazeika‘s game-winning fielder’s choices as anything but a footnote to a season marred by constant off-site scandal.
Additionally, Luis Rojas’s contract status is up in the air, and Steve Cohen has found himself in an empty-handed pursuit of a president of baseball operations since day one. From the top down there is a looming anxiety surrounding the direction of this franchise, including major roster decisions such as who amongst their cadre of former all-stars should be resigned and which members of their young core might need to be jettisoned to plug the remaining holes on this should be contender, as the report points out. This uncertainty undoubtedly contributed to Meinhold’s decision to leave and may lead others to reach the same conclusion.
The off-season started early for Meinhold, but with only 10 games remaining, it won’t be much longer until we potentially see others joining him on the list of those who’ve left Flushing.
