NEW YORK — The New York Mets are making changes to their major league coaching staff following an unsuccessful 2026 season, announcing that Jeff Albert, Danny Barnes and Kevin Mahoney will not return to their major league roles next season.
Albert joined the Mets in 2022 as the Director of Hitting Development after four years as a hitting coach with the St. Louis Cardinals. He became the Director of Major League Hitting in October 2025 after Eric Chavez and Eric Barnes left the organization. The move comes after New York's offense ranked 23rd in batting average, 24th in OPS and 23rd in wRC+ in 2026.
Barnes joined the Mets as a major league assistant coach under Buck Showalter in 2022, served as Strategy Coach in 2024 and 2025, and became the Quality Assurance Coach in 2026. The former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher departs alongside Mahoney, who spent two years as the Mets' Batting Practice Pitcher after previously working in the New York Yankees organization.
While the Mets are open to all three returning to the organization in different roles, each is free to speak to other clubs as the team reshapes its staff for next season.