Mets begin staff overhaul after missing playoffs

NEW YORK -- After missing the playoffs contempt the astir costly opening-day roster successful baseball, the New York Mets are starting a ample unit overhaul.

While manager Carlos Mendoza volition return, the squad is moving connected from pitching manager Jeremy Hefner. Hitting coaches Jeremy Barnes and Eric Chavez and 3rd basal manager Mike Sarbaugh besides won't return, the squad said Friday. Bench manager John Gibbons resigned, and catching manager Glenn Sherlock is retiring.

Hefner is being replaced contempt immoderate notable occurrence stories, including David Peterson and Sean Manaea.

Peterson was a 10-game victor successful 2024 with a career-best 2.90 ERA. Manaea tied his vocation champion with 12 wins past twelvemonth and a 3.47 ERA. But that fig ballooned to 5.64 successful 15 appearances this year, including 12 starts.

Pitching and defence were the biggest problems for a squad that went 38-55 implicit the last 93 games aft being an MLB-best 45-24 successful June. The discourtesy wasn't escaped of blasted aft the offseason signing of Juan Soto to a $765 million, 15-year deal. The megadeal enactment the outgo for the Mets' roster astatine $429 cardinal successful payroll and projected luxury tax.

When declaring this week that Mendoza would return, president of shot operations David Stearns said the remainder of the coaching unit would beryllium evaluated.

Assistant pitching manager Desi Druschel and bullpen manager José Rosado person been fixed support to talk to different teams. First basal manager Antoan Richardson, strategy manager Danny Barnes and coaching adjunct Rafael Fernandez person been invited back.