{"id":109089,"date":"2025-10-09T07:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=109089"},"modified":"2025-10-09T07:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:51:22","slug":"mets-coaching-alert-continuity-is-key-as-the-team-eyes-its-next-pitching-coach-the-decision-could-shape-the-franchises-future-and-every-mlb-analyst-is-watching-closely-ll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=109089","title":{"rendered":"METS COACHING ALERT: Continuity Is Key as The Team Eyes Its Next Pitching Coach, The Decision Could Shape the Franchise\u2019s Future, and Every MLB Analyst Is Watching Closely..ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5926,h_3333\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/3\/01k72fzwpj3r7a5mrbd3.jpg\" alt=\"Feb 16, 2025; Port St. Lucie, FL, USA; New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto (22) greets assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel, right, and vice president of pitching, Eric Jagers on his first day of spring training with the Mets. Mandatory Credit: Jim Rassol-Imagn Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Predicting who\u2019ll coach different vacancies for the New York Mets isn\u2019t easy. We might get one fan favorite ex-player. Mark Edgardo Alfonzo down for third base coach. We\u2019re probably going to get some guy we\u2019ve never heard of as the hitting coach. Remember Hugh Quattlebaum? It sounds like the real name of someone like James Bond who was asked to come up with a pseudonym to sound less like a J.K. Rowling character.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">For the sake of some continuity, which yes the Mets do need, there\u2019s only one real choice for the pitching coach.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-2\">Desi Druschel should be the frontrunner for the Mets pitching coach<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Druschel was stolen from the New York Yankees last December and named the assistant pitching coach to Jeremy Hefner. Just because Hefner lost his job and the pitching staff underperformed this year doesn\u2019t mean it was his fault or Druschel had much to do with the late-season collapse. It was just time for a fresh voice leading the way.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Carlos Mendoza\u2019s familiarity with Druschel from their days together with the Yankees already puts him in good favor. Plus, with Mendoza going on the hot seat to begin this coming year, there needs to be some other coaching casualty options to fire. The Mets aren\u2019t going to go into this coming year with nothing but freshly hired coaches who could be out the door as well if the Mets fail to make the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Druschel is different from the other coaches from the 2025 staff because of his Mendoza connection. Many of the others were holdovers from the previous regime. It\u2019ll be tough for the Mets to fully embrace an entirely new coaching staff both from a worst-case scenario (like having to fire a bunch of people all over again) as well as looking at things more sensibly and less doom and gloom. Druschel already has his foot in the door and understands what the Mets are trying to accomplish with their pitching lab. Stability is needed. It\u2019s his voice that should be speaking the loudest.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">As for the rest of the coaching staff, it might be challenging to find people who know their jobs may be quickly in jeopardy. Elevating J.P. Arencibia to bench coach works because he already knows the organization and they know him. He\u2019s not a huge threat to Mendoza like placing Carlos Beltran in that role would be.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">Let\u2019s see what Druschel can accomplish as the pitching coach. There\u2019s a reason the Mets kept him around. 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