Jeff Pickler has removed his name from consideration for the Mets’ bench coach position, per C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic. The Reds’ planning and outfield coach will stay with Cincinnati for 2022.
Pickler had recently been identified as one of the candidates for the position, as the Mets have been actively filling out their coaching staff in recent days. The Mets are behind most other teams in putting their coaching staff together, as they also had to make a front office hire that occupied the early part of their offseason. They eventually hired Billy Eppler as general manager in mid-November, but he had to focus on free agency with the ticking clock of the looming lockout.
Once the lockout was implemented in December and big league transactions were frozen, the club shifted their attention towards the coaching staff, with the majority of the crew from 2021 not being retained. Buck Showalter was the first piece of the puzzle, being hired as manager on December 20th. After a lull in activity around the holidays, the Mets have reportedly added first base coach Wayne Kirby, third base coach Joey Cora and hitting coach Eric Chavez in recent days.
The bench coach position remains an ongoing matter, with today’s news focused on who won’t be taking the position. Earlier today, it was reported that the Padres denied the Mets the opportunity to interview quality control coach Ryan Flaherty for the position, which would have seen him reunite with Showalter, his manager from his playing days in Baltimore.
Pickler was selected by the Brewers in the 11th round of the 1998 draft. He spent eight years in the minors for the Brewers, Rangers and Rockies before transitioning to scouting. After stints as a scout with the Diamondbacks and Padres, he joined the Dodgers in 2014 as special assistant in professional scouting and player development. The Twins hired him as a coach for 2017, with Pickler joining the Reds two years later.
It was recently reported that the Mets had a “headline-grabbing hire” lined up for their bench coach job, but that turned out to be the aforementioned Chavez, who actually settled on the hitting coach position.
The Mets are in quite the pickle.
There are plenty of baseball people without jobs the Mets could select from. Its kind of a jerk move to try to pluck a coach from another team in the middle of winter. At this point the classy thing would be to promote from within or find someone out of work. Stupid Mets. I can’t wait to see their bullpen implode daily on their way to 86 wins with a $270MM payroll.
nah, they just think teams will roll over because they are the Mets or something.
I do think that there is a certain element of “of course he’ll accept, we’re the Mets” going on ever since Cohen took over.
Why is it a jerk move to try and give someone a promotion to a better job than they have now? It’s pretty common practice.
Agreed!
You try moving in the middle of winter sometime and let me know how it goes.
It’s MLB, I’m pretty sure he’s gonna be fine with moving. And he has the option to say no, which he did, so what are you on about here? He got offered a promotion but it’s supposed to be a sign of disrespect because it’s winter? I’m sorry but that’s just a ridiculous take.
Bucsfan, your team will forever be garbage. Keep your mouth shut
exactly
Let me know when the Mets can win a season series off the Bucs
The Mets are no better. They may spend a lot of money but they are a joke of a franchise. Buying everything and anything. When will they learn you can’t put a square peg in a round hole? It must suck to always get sand kicked in your face by the Yankees and their butts kicked by the NL East.
Still 20 more wins and 200+ Mil more than the Bucs, who mind you, don’t even try to win. Shameful.
Didnt the Mets season go downhill by the ol Pirates beating them up before/after the all-star break? Think before you chime in
Your team has not won a world series in 43 years and has been competitive for a total of 5 years since then. Slow your role, cowboy. I’ll let you know when you’re allowed to speak again
Also, no pennants since 1979 either. Shut your jibbies
No Ponzi schemes either.
Absolutely no Ponzi scheme. Only open war against retail stock traders.
Bucsfan:
Lots of chances to pick on the Mets. This is not one of them. It is early January and it seems unlikely that pitchers and catchers will be reporting on time.
Is it a dilly of a pickle?
Thanks for acknowledging that bit, Rsox.
Here is a joke for Steve Cohen:
Question: What did the arrogant pickle say?
Answer: “I’m kind of a big dill.”
Be a great hitting coach. Knows a thing or two about barrels
What’s the dill with his background and experience?
Maybe he didn’t relish the opportunity. Or maybe they soured on him.
Or perhaps simply ,he just came across as a bit too salty ?
The Mets just wanted to keep things kosher.
Anyone for a jar of hot Pickled Epplers ?
If that’s the case, then I’m hiring Donkey Kong.
Well played!
Usually when someone “withdraws from consideration”, they are no longer being considered for the job.
What does a quality control baseball coach do?
Control quality.
Of what? No clue but control quality.
Salt , dill and garlic must be premium for perfect brine.
They can simply wait until the Yankees vet a new replacement for Chavez, then offer that person the bench coach job.
A distant relative of Pickles https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dillhpi01.shtml
Another Mets opening that no one is interested in. Plus the declines being leaked so quickly. Impressive! Usually the only announcement comes when a job is accepted.
Mets need Edgardo Alfonzo as bench coach. Could be heir apparent to Showalter, who would have no need to be looking over his shoulder.
I love that the post about The Athletic getting bought by The NY Times is closed for comment.
I have no idea how much Showalter listens to his bench coach, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it wasn’t much.
Then again, it would probably look good on your resume to have been Showalter’s bench coach.
Which means he knows he wasn’t getting the job.
Pickler? I don’t even know her!
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