Mets Announce Three Coaches Not Returning To Major-League Staff

[Steve Drumwright]

 

The New York Mets are making some minor moves with their major-league coaching staff.

Director of hitting Jeff Albert, quality assurance coach Danny Barnes and batting practice pitcher Kevin Mahoney will not be back on the major-league staff in 2027. All three could remain in the Mets' system and are free to pursue positions with other clubs.

These are expected to be the only changes to new manager Andy Green's staff. Green took over during the season for Carlos Mendoza on an interim basis, then named the permanent manager just after the season ended.

 

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[Benjamin Grimm]

I was hoping they'd get rid of the pitching coach. (I don't even know who it is!) The improvement shown by Peralta and Peterson after they left appears to be rather damning.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

That and the guy he replaced is immediately picked up by the division winner.

There's better people out there.

And Jeff Albert sucked too afaic.

[Edgy MD]

Staff assistant/BP pitcher Kevin Mahoney going down might be minor, but letting go of quality assurance coach Danny Barnes qualifies as something more than minor, and losing "Director of major-league hitting"/hitting coordinator/hitting coach Jeff Albert certainly counts as major.

Albert's predecessor Eric Chavez spent a chunk of the 2026 season ripping the team for splitting the hitting coach job between two guys, and now his successor leaves under the same circumstances, but his underling, Troy Snitker, survives, and I assume is first in line to replace him.