Mets Announce Three Coaches Not Returning To Major-League Staff

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.