Mets part ways with hitting coach and two staff members as 73-win season closes

The Mets have dismissed their hitting coach and two other members of the coaching staff as the 2026 regular season concludes, an organizational housecleaning that follows a 73-win campaign and a fifth-place finish in the NL East.

The moves arrive with new manager Andy Green already in place, hired in late September with the season still technically ongoing. Clearing out the previous staff gives Green a clean slate to build his own support structure heading into the offseason.

The offensive numbers this year provided ample context for the decision. Francisco Lindor finished at .231 with a .734 OPS over 52 games, well below expectations for a player of his standing. Brett Baty hit .238. The lineup's most reliable production came from Carson Benge, who hit .313 with a .844 OPS over 74 games, and Juan Soto, whose .278/.397/.485 line in 28 games was elite but limited by injury. A team that went 7-19 in April and never fully recovered was not going to survive on that kind of offensive inconsistency.

Three games remain on the schedule. The staff changes are the first visible step in what figures to be a broader reset this offseason.