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New York Mets predicted to grab the headlines … in a good way

By Kevin Henry

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) The home run apple is seen before game three of the National League Division Series between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field on October 12, 2015 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The Mets defeated the Dodgers 13-7. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 12: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) The home run apple is seen before game three of the National League Division Series between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Citi Field on October 12, 2015 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The Mets defeated the Dodgers 13-7. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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Leave it to the New York Mets to bring a little excitement to a Major League Baseball offseason that has ground to a halt because of the lockout.

While in a normal offseason the hiring of a bench coach by a team may not be seen as a move that will draw eyeballs, the buildup to the announcement of Buck Showalter’s bench coach in his first season overseeing the New York Mets is arriving with some intrigue.

Who will the New York Mets hire as the team’s new bench coach? The “exciting, headline-grabbing hire” is coming.

According to a New York Daily News report, the Mets are in the process of finalizing their coaching staff for the 2022 campaign. Joey Cora is reportedly close to getting the third base coach job, but it’s the open bench coach position that is drawing interest and intrigue.

Why? Because of the buildup to the announcement which is supposedly coming soon.

In the same report, writer Deesha Thosar says that, “a person with knowledge of the process said it (the new bench coach announcement) is expected to be an exciting, headline-grabbing hire.”

Here’s where the intrigue begins.

Who would make for an “exciting, headline-grabbing hire?” Well, there are plenty of people who could theoretically fit that description. But there’s also another twist. Thosar goes on to write, “The front office is said to be working on a tricky negotiation process with that mystery individual.”

And, for those of you with Carlos Beltran on your New York Mets bench coach bingo card, you can scratch him from the list. Thosar writes that it isn’t him.

With Thosar’s article, names thrown around in Twitter comments ranged from David Wright, who played his entire 14 seasons with the Mets, to Adam Jones, who played for Showalter in Baltimore and was quick to praise the Mets for hiring him as their manager.

Next. Max Scherzer on the cusp of history with Mets in 2022. dark

But are names like those enough to excite a fan base, or will the Mets shock us all with a hire out of the blue? Buckle up as the Mets believe they will grab the headlines … this time in a good way.

UPDATE: It seems that Eric Chavez, hired away from the Yankees to be the Mets’ hitting coach, was to be the headline-grabber. More to come…

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