Good morning, Mets fans! In an interview with Mike Puma of the New York Post, Mets bench coach Eric Chávez said he hopes to manage an MLB team down the line. Chávez served as the team’s hitting coach last year, and Puma reports that there was a chance the Mets could’ve lost the 45-year-old to another organization had they not promoted him. “When I signed here, I told Buck that...
For a second straight season Eric Orze gets an invite to major league camp for the Mets. Orze was one of the six players the Mets drafted back in 2020. They traded away their first pick, Pete Crow-Armstrong for Javier Baez. They traded J.T. Ginn for Chris Bassitt. They traded away Isaiah Green in the package for Francisco Lindor. Matthew Dyer was traded for Rich Hill. Anthony Walters was...
The New York Mets have hired Eric Hinske as an assistant hitting coach, according to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal. MMO has confirmed the report. Hinske played 11 years in the majors and has been coaching since 2014. Hinske has been a hitting coach since 2014 when he took on a position with the Chicago Cubs, a place he remained until 2017. Hinske then spent 2017 as the hitting coach of the...
Good morning, Mets fans! The Mets announced a few shakeups to their coaching staff, according to the NY Post’s Jon Heyman. Eric Chavez has been promoted to bench coach while assistant hitting coach Jeremy Barnes will take over as the primary hitting coach. Former bench coach Glenn Sherlock will work as a catching coach with goals to help limit the opposing running game. Latest Mets News...
In early November, the New York Mets made a hire that may have gone unnoticed and isn’t as acclaimed as the announcement of a major free-agent signing or trade. At the General Managers’ Meetings in Las Vegas, Mets GM Billy Eppler announced the Mets had hired Eric Jagers as their director of pitching development. Some of Jager’s responsibilities include overseeing the...
Sources tell Metsmerized that the New York Mets have hired Eric Jagers to be their director of pitching development. The hire has been lauded by folks in baseball circles since the news broke earlier today. Jagers, 27, was the Cincinnati Reds’ assistant pitching coach for the last two seasons after joining their organization in late 2019 as the organization’s assistant pitching...
Good morning, Mets fans. Former Angels communications director Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in prison in the overdose death of Tyler Skaggs. Kay faced a minimum of 20 years behind bars, but Judge Terry Means said he upped the sentence because of remarks Kay had made in prison where Means said he hadn’t accepted responsibility or expressed remorse. Latest Mets News MLB Trade Rumors...
