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Mets Coaching Staff Set

Written by Brandon Lee 10:10 AM, December 13th, 2010

Jon Heyman reports that the Mets have set up their coaching staff for the 2011 season. Here's a look at who will be doing what and where:

Manager: Terry Collins

Bench Coach: Ken Oberkfell

Hitting Coach: Dave Hudgens

Pitching Coach: Dan Warthen

Bullpen Coach: Jon Debus

First Base Coach: Mookie Wilson

Third Base Coach: Chip Hale

You can't go wrong hiring a hitting coach who runs a website called Hitting.com. He also blogs at SwingAway.com, a site where he answers questions from readers about hitting. Hudgens was originally drafted by the Mets in 1975 with the fifth pick in the draft. He ended up not signing with the Mets and only appeared in six games as a major leaguer for the Athletics in 1983.

Oberkfell was the manager of the Mets triple-A team the Buffalo Bisons last season. During his two seasons there he had a record of132-155, failing to reach the playoffs in both seasons.

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Warthen To Return, HoJo Unlikely

Written by Brandon Lee 9:09 AM, November 23rd, 2010

Now that Terry Collins has won the job of Mets head coach, he needs to pick out the rest of his coaching staff.

Andy Martino reports that Collins will keep on pitching coach Dan Warthen. There was some speculation that he might hire his Dave Wallace as the new pitching coach, but the Mets as well as Collins were satisfied with the level of work that Warthen did last season for the Mets.

If the Mets got anything right in the 2010 season it was pitching. Dan did a great job handling this staff and I'm very glad the Mets are keeping him. This is the right move to make.

Things don't look so good for the Mets hitting coach Howard Johnson. Collins will most likely pick out a new hitting coach for the 2011 season. Johnson is expected to stay with the organization in some aspect.

I still don't understand how HoJo wasn't fired when Jerry Manuel was fired. The Mets hitters have been producing at levels that were far below expectation. I would imagine HoJo would stay on as a coach some where, I'm just not sure if it will be at the major league level or not.

Chip Hale, who was in the running for manager, will stay on with the Mets and most likely remain as the team's third base coach.

Collins is thinking about bring back fan favorite Mookie Wilson to be the first base coach for the Mets. He served as the first base coach on the Mets from 1997 to 2002 and is currently the Mets base running coach.

I wouldn't mind having Mookie back there at first base. The fans love him and that's really all the first base coach has to do, and take the shin guards and elbow pads from the batters. Unless first base coaches do something else I'm not aware of.

Dave Jauss, the current bench coach for the Mets, might be asked to take over the position left by Collins as the Mets minor-league field coordinator. Ken Oberkfell could take over that position or stay on as manager of the Buffalo Bisons.

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