New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza will be back in 2026, but the team is parting with a bevy of coaches after a swoon that saw the Mets tumble from first place in the National League East to out of the postseason.

The Mets announced Thursday that pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, hitting coaches Jeremy Barnes and Eric Chavez, and third base coach Mike Sarbaugh will not return.

Bench coach John Gibbons, the former manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, resigned. Catching coach Glenn Sherlock is retiring.

Assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel and bullpen coach Jose Rosado have been given permission to talk about jobs with other teams, pending the hiring of a pitching coach.

Invited to return to the Mets next season were first base coach Antoan Richardson, strategy coach Danny Barnes and coachi

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