The Mets hired former Yankees assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel according to Andy Martino of SNY. He will act in the same role for the Mets, working under current pitching coach Jeremy Hefner. Druschel has been part of the Yankees organization since 2019, officially joining the Major League staff in 2022 as assistant pitching coach. He worked with Matt Blake, their current pitching coach....
The Mets are expected to retain pitching coach Jeremy Hefner under new team manager Carlos Mendoza, according to a report from SNY’s Andy Martino. If Hefner does in fact return to the Mets in 2024, it will be his fifth season with the team, and the third manager he worked under, following stints with Luis Rojas in 2020 and 2021, and Buck Showalter in 2022 and 2023. The 37-year-old Hefner...
The Mets don’t have a manager but they do have a pitching coach. The club announced on Tuesday that Jeremy Hefner will return for the 2022 season. Hefner joins Hugh Quattlebaum and Kevin Howard as the only coaches from 2021 to remain with the organization. The Mets exercised Hefner’s contract option to do so. “I’m extremely excited to continue working with this group and build on the...
