"Hitting coaches Eric Chavez and Jeremy Barnes, along with pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and third-base coach Mike Sarbaugh, will not return in 2026, the team announced. Bench coach John Gibbons, a former manager himself, resigned following the Mets' historic collapse in which they went from the best team in baseball in June, to missing the postseason entirely . Chavez joined the Mets in 2022 as Buck Showalter's bench coach, then joined Barnes as an assistant hitting coach upon Mendoza's arrival last year."
"Mets pitching became a liability after Kodai Senga's hamstring injury on June 12. While Clay Holmes admirably transitioned from reliever to starter, David Peterson ran out of gas, Frankie Montas had a six-plus ERA before his season ended early due to injury, and Manaea could not find last year's stuff after he started late due to an oblique injury."
New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns enacted major coaching changes after the team missed the postseason. Hitting coaches Eric Chavez and Jeremy Barnes, pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and third-base coach Mike Sarbaugh will not return for 2026; bench coach John Gibbons resigned. The offense ranked top-10 in many categories but relied heavily on Pete Alonso, Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor, with little depth. Pitching deteriorated after Kodai Senga's June 12 hamstring injury, leading to struggles by David Peterson, Frankie Montas and Sean Manaea despite Clay Holmes' move to the rotation. First-base coach Antoan Richardson was retained.
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