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Matt den Dekker Joins Charleston Southern Coaching Staff

By Steve Adams | June 10, 2020 at 2:35pm CDT

Former Mets and Nationals outfielder Matt den Dekker has been named to the coaching staff at Charleston Southern University, the school announced today. He’ll work with the Buccaneers’ hitters and outfielders.

The 32-year-old den Dekker announced his retirement as a player last summer and, per CSU’s press release, returned to the University of Florida to serve as a student-assistant coach this past season. He’ll now take up a full-time coaching position at a Division-I program as he embarks on the next step in his baseball journey. At Charleston Southern, den Dekker will join a program that has produced a handful of draft picks over the past couple decades, including eventual big leaguers Tyler Thornburg, Bobby Parnell and R.J. Swindle.

“His time at Florida as a player and assistant yielded excellent results,” head coach Marc MacMillan said of den Dekker in today’s announcement, “and his Major League Baseball career earned him great respect from all that he came in contact with on a daily basis. The strong recommendations he received, his understanding of the importance of building relationships with our players; and both his knowledge and verbiage for hitting and outfield play made a lasting impression on me.”

We haven’t seen den Dekker in the big leagues since he briefly resurfaced with his original organization, the Mets, back in 2018. But he appeared in 166 games from 2013-18, batting a combined .223/.303/.337 while drawing plus marks for his defense at all three outfield positions.

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  1. warnbeeb

    5 years ago

    MDD always played hard. Thought he was an above average outfielder. Just couldn’t get that bat to be consistent. Good luck to him.

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    • dynamite drop in monty

      5 years ago

      “Always played hard” is code for “lousy white player”

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      • vtadave

        5 years ago

        The usual worthless drop in. Well done.

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      • hiflew

        5 years ago

        Why bring up race? He said nothing about race? Isn’t there enough places on the internet to complain about race? Can we just not do that here?

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      • Natsman1

        5 years ago

        Apparently Dynamite Drop in Monty is also code for “clueless idiot”

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  2. scarfish

    5 years ago

    Good for him. Looks like I’ll have to check out some Bucs games next season. Their last standout was Thornburg.

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  3. BigFred

    5 years ago

    Fun fact: Not too long ago, the Mets had three players whose last names began with a lower case “d”. There’s only one left now.

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    • ExileInLA 2

      5 years ago

      Fortunately, it’s the good one.

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  4. jessaumodesto

    5 years ago

    He’s a beast!

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    • MarlinsFanBase

      5 years ago

      LOL. I do remember, when the Marlins would play the Mets, how Keith Hernandez would say, “I love his bat!” Then when the Marlins would come to bat, he’d pick apart supposed flaws in Stanton, Ozuna, and Yelich’s bats.

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  5. angelbear135

    5 years ago

    All the best to Matt, wife Christine & adorable little son.

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  6. tyler saladino

    5 years ago

    he was also a tiger

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