Over the past two years the Red Sox have seen their pitching development take an enormous leap forward, but now one of the individuals most responsible for that success looks set to move on.

According to Will Sammon of The Athletic and others, Red Sox director of pitching Justin Willard is the favorite to take over as New York Mets pitching coach.

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Willard would succeed Jeremy Hefner, who was fired after the Mets endured a catastrophic second-half collapse that saw them miss the postseason after at one point standing 21 games over .500.

Willard, 35, has spent the past two seasons as Boston’s director of pitching, a role that placed him in charge of shaping the pitching program used by the major league club and at every step of the minor league ladder all the way to Fort

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