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In the mind of recently fired New York Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez, the biggest reason for the team\u2019s stunning collapse last month falls squarely on President David Stearns and a boatload of failed decisions the last six months.<\/p>\n
The moment Mets\u00a0fans feared became a reality on the final day of the regular season. After being one of the best teams in the league during the first half, they went 38-55 over their last 93 games to complete one of the most shocking collapses in MLB history.<\/p>\n
Following their unbelievable finish, the man overseeing their $341 million payroll, David Stearns, did not fire manager Carlos Mendoza, but did dismiss nearly all of his staff, including pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and hitting coach Eric Chavez.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the latter spoke with the Foul Territory Show<\/em> and revealed that despite the frustrating end to the season, the locker room stayed united until the end.<\/p>\n \u201cThe group of guys we had in that room were true professionals. One of the things I always talked about in that clubhouse was having each other\u2019s backs through good times and bad times. The pitchers weren\u2019t complaining about the hitters early in the year, and when the pitchers struggled, I think they were like, \u2018Yeah, they picked us up for two months, we\u2019ve got to get it going.\u2019 It was a good clubhouse from that standpoint,\u201d Chavez said.<\/p>\n Eric Chavez mentioned clubhouse camaraderie when discussing the 2025 Mets, and how that has to happen organically.<\/p>\n “The year before, we had Jose Iglesias and JD Martinez, who kind of unified that clubhouse.” pic.twitter.com\/quUkNL0yyQ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoulTerritoryTV\/status\/1976392225635565792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1976392225635565792%7Ctwgr%5E88c67ce6e43e041b8b9d8489fcda659b4fd529f1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportsnaut.com%2Fmlb%2Feric-chavez-mets-season-collapse-insights<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n While Chavez thinks highly of the 2025 Mets roster, in his mind, the big difference between this year\u2019s team and the one that reached the NLCS in 2024 boiled down to two things: Not having veterans Julio Iglesias and JD Martinez in the clubhouse.<\/p>\n \u201cBaseball\u2019s a funny game. You can spend money and get all the players you want. Clubhouse camaraderie [is important],\u201d he said. \u201cA year ago, we had Iglesias and JD Martinez that kind of unified that clubhouse. You have to organically make those things happen. You can\u2019t just force them into a clubhouse. And I think with those two personalities, it was a great blend.\u201d<\/p>\n Stearns chose not to re-sign either player this offseason. Passing on Martinez was understandable because he had a down season last year. However, the immense value Iglesias brought to the locker room while having a good season was mentioned throughout the season and into the winter.<\/p>\n Considering that he only got a one-year, $3 million deal from the San Diego Padres, it looks like Stearns made a huge mistake by not seeing the infielders\u2019 off and on the field value for a very affordable rate.<\/p>\n “The coaching staff was steadfast. I’ll go to bat for these guys any day.”<\/p>\n Eric Chavez doesn’t believe anyone on the Mets coaching staff should’ve been fired. pic.twitter.com\/JduRr3xIlO<\/p>\n<\/div>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoulTerritoryTV\/status\/1976382156608819566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1976382156608819566%7Ctwgr%5E88c67ce6e43e041b8b9d8489fcda659b4fd529f1%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportsnaut.com%2Fmlb%2Feric-chavez-mets-season-collapse-insights<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n Many fans grew frustrated with the Mets\u2019 coaching staff and felt they were not getting the best out of a very expensive roster. However, Chavez believes the club had a staff that was \u201cunbelievable.\u201d When explaining what went wrong, he again pointed to other failed decisions by Stearns to adjust the roster during the season.<\/p>\n \u201cI saw this coming, but it\u2019s not fair,\u201d he said. \u201cThe coaching staff that we had was unbelievable. Things just didn\u2019t go our way. There were a lot of injuries. A lot of acquisitions that we had didn\u2019t really pan out. But the coaching staff was steadfast. I\u2019ll go to bat for these guys any day\u2026 I don\u2019t think any of the coaches should have been fired, to be honest with you.\u201d<\/p>\n C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems that fired New York Mets coach Eric Chavez thinks the real cause for the team’s collapse was a bunch of bad moves by David Stearns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":109733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\nNew York Mets locker room lacked unifying leaders?<\/h2>\n
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\nChavez says the New York Mets had an \u2018unbelievable\u2019 coaching staff<\/h2>\n
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