The Top 100 coaches most likely to become MLB managers

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Current Mets quality control and catching coach Brian Schneider. USA Today Sports. /

59) Brian Schneider

In 2021, Brian Schneider was the MLB field coordinator for the New York Mets.

Schneider, 45, had a 13-year career in the majors, ending in 2012. The Marlins hired him as a minor league manager in 2014 at the Advanced-A level. He was there for two seasons before he was promoted to their MLB coaching staff as their catching coach. He was in that capacity from 2016 through 2019.

The Mets initially hired Schneider to be their Triple-A manager for the 2020 season in January 2020 but by February, they already promoted him to the majors. Carlos Beltrán was named the Mets manager but with the Astros sign-stealing scandal, the Mets fired him and promoted Luis Rojas (their quality control coach) to the managerial position. Schneider ended up getting Rojas’ old position.

Schneider’s title changed for the 2021 season as he was their “field coordinator” but, by and large, he held the same duties. He, essentially, was the liaison between the MLB coaches and players and the front office on analytics and game planning. He was also their catching coach for each of the last two seasons.

While the Mets have already named a new coaching staff under Buck Showalter, Schneider’s status still seems to be up in the air. The Mets told all of their coaches that they could look for other positions with other teams at the beginning of the offseason and he was not mentioned at all but he is still on their coaches list on their site with all of their new hires.

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