Coach Seating '22

[bmfc1]

We should start hearing about Buck's coaching staff sooner than later (other than last man standing Jeremy Hefner who remains as the Pitching Coach).

Joey Cora looks like the new 3B coach. At the end of the article are a few other names that we might hear about.

https://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/mets-to-hire-joey-cora-to-be-buck-showalters-3b-coachhttps://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/mets-to-hire-joey-cora-to-be-buck-showalters-3b-coach

[nymr83]

Cora follows the pattern here - he is a very experienced third base coach.



Seems almost strange that the Mets have a plan amd are sticking to it

[bmfc1]

Welcome back Wayne Kirby!

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kirbywa01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kirbywa01.shtml

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

The Kirbster. Unforgettable few weeks as a 1997 Met iirc

[Benjamin Grimm]

I like how you're not sure if you remember whether or not it was unforgettable.

[Edgy MD]

Cora is being discussed as a done deal in some circles.



Among other things, he was teen-aged David Wright's first professional manager in 2001. Left the Mets organization to join Omar Minaya with the league-run-era Expos.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I remember most things that happened in 1997. It was the year the Mets romanced me back.



I want to say Kirby played a series against the Brewers with the mets but things get fuzzy

[bmfc1]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: The Kirbster. Unforgettable few weeks as a 1997 Met iirc

He hit a triple in his month as a Met (June 11 to July 17, 1998) in this game and scored on a Piazza SF (also, that's quite a rally to win the game off Armando Benitez):

http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=5815&tabno=Dhttp://www.leaptoad.com/mets/gamedetail.php?gameno=5815&tabno=D

Edited January 5, 2022 by Guest

[G-Fafif]

Kirby was a Met in 1998.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I was totally wrong. I am shamed

[G-Fafif]

“The role of Rich Becker, listed in your Playbill as being played by Craig Paquette, will now be portrayed by Wayne Kirby,” was the vibe as April became May eventually became Lenny Harris.

[Edgy MD]

If we remember him as being driven in by Piazza, it would have to be 1998. Unless you're a Dodger fan, of course.



You're not a Dodger fan, are you?

[Frayed Knot]

Wayne Kirby was a Met??!!???

[bmfc1]

[bLOCKQUOTE]Speaking of the bench coach, the Mets are busy attempting to nail down Showalter's right-hand man for his first season in Queens and a person with knowledge of the process said it is expected to be an exciting, headline-grabbing hire. The front office is said to be working on a tricky negotiation process with that mystery individual. While much about the bench coach job is still unclear, we can confirm the Mets will not be hiring former short-term manager Carlos Beltran for the role.

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-joey-cora-third-base-coach-20220105-uimswqcw7zd5xmb6buhvq25o2u-story.htmlhttps://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-joey-cora-third-base-coach-20220105-uimswqcw7zd5xmb6buhvq25o2u-story.html

[/bLOCKQUOTE]

An "exciting, headline-grabbing" bench coach! We won't have to wait long as the article also says that "[t]he Mets are expected to finalize their entire coaching staff by the weekend."

[Benjamin Grimm]

My guess: The ghost of Leo Durocher.

[bmfc1]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: My guess: The ghost of Leo Durocher.

That would certainly be headline-grabbing! (The Mets don't need any other kind of grabbing.)



Curtis Granderson?

[Edgy MD]

I'll just put this right out there. Nailing down bench coaches is a brutal and bizarre practice. Tradition has allowed us to accept it as simply the way it's supposed to be, but if it stopped tomorrow, nobody would miss it.

[Benjamin Grimm]

If they can't get the ghost of Leo, I think the name most likely to get the back pages is Wally Backman. (I really doubt that will happen.)

[Benjamin Grimm]

http://leaptoad.com/mets/jpeg/leoghost.jpg>

[G-Fafif]

If hired, the spectral Durocher would join Casey Stengel as the only person to wear the uniforms of each New York-city based major league team.

[Edgy MD]

Can a ghost actually appear in clothing he or she didn't wear during his or her life. I have to say that I'm a little skeptical on that point.



EXCITING HEADLINE GRABBING NAMES, RANKED



1. Bobby Valentine

2. Davey Johnson

3. David Wright

4. Edgardo Alfonzo

5. Keith Hernandez

7. Mookie Wilson

8. Mike Piazza

9. Joe McEwing

10. Um ... Ron Gardenhire?



HONORABLE MENTIONS: Willie Randolph, Curtis Granderson, John Stearns, Clint Hurdle, John Gibbons, Dave Magadan, R.A. Dickey, Matt Franco, Bruce Bochy



I guess I'm kind of assuming that "exciting" and "headline-grabbing" imply "wore the uniform before."

[Benjamin Grimm]

It's totally going to be Bruce Boisclair.

[G-Fafif]

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/why-alyssa-nakkens-theme-second-giants-year-setting-more-directionAlyssa Nakken?

[MFS62]

Isn't the bench coach someone who guides the (sometimes inexperienced) manager in in-game tactical moves?

It should be someone with at least minor league managerial experience to guide the newbie.



But Showalter has tons of experience so that isn't really needed.



So it could go to someone who could be trained to take over from Buck.

The showy name would be David Wright, but the best one from that list IMHO is Edgardo Alfonso.



Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

I read some speculation that Clayton McCullough might be the bench coach who would also act as Buck's apprentice, but that would only grab headlines in Clayton's family newsletter.

[Fman99]

What if it's actually a sentient monkey that was sent into space and then came back super intelligent? Don't tell me that wouldn't grab some headlines.

[Fman99]

What about A-Rod ?



Loves the Mets since way back.



Played for Buck (on the '03 Rangers)



Still involved in baseball.



Sad and lonely since Ben Affleck started dorking his woman and needs a hobby to pass the time.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/eric-chavez-mets-hitting-coachhttps://www.mlb.com/mets/news/eric-chavez-mets-hitting-coach



Your unconfirmed new hitting coach: Eric Chavez.

[bmfc1]

Eric Chavez from the MFYs to the Mets, Luis Rojas from the Mets to the MFYs.

[MFS62]

Eric Chavez from the MFYs to the Mets, Luis Rojas from the Mets to the MFYs.

From SNY, including Feinsand's story.:

https://www.audacy.com/wfan/sports/mets/eric-chavez-bolts-yankees-to-become-mets-new-hitting-coach?utm_campaign=www.audacy.com%252Fwfan&utm_content=1641477286&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=WFAN-AM&fbclid=IwAR1PG8m2ze47tklOYJkCH2LScJATqeTxh9a6GHXsNuYRTvZmB7Q80i8gJtohttps://www.audacy.com/wfan/sports/mets/eric-chavez-bolts-yankees-to-become-mets-new-hitting-coach?utm_campaign=www.audacy.com%252Fwfan&utm_content=1641477286&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=WFAN-AM&fbclid=IwAR1PG8m2ze47tklOYJkCH2LScJATqeTxh9a6GHXsNuYRTvZmB7Q80i8gJto



Traded a manager for a coach?

Did they throw in a minor leaguer to balance out the trade?

Oh, wait.

Any decent hitting coach would help this team more than Rojas did as manager.

Never mind.



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