TORONTO — The Mets’ search for a new pitching coach has reached the finish line.

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Justin Willard, the Red Sox director of pitching, is set to assume the pitching coach duties with the Mets, an industry source confirmed to The Post’s Joel Sherman on Saturday . The 35-year-old Willard will replace Jeremy Hefner, whose 2026 club option was declined as part of a coaching staff shake-up following the Mets’ second-half collapse .

Willard will be charged with resurrecting Kodai Senga, Sean Manaea and David Peterson, in particular. All three starters took a nosedive in the second half — a significant fa

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