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Mets To Hire Derek Johnson
The Mets are expected to hire former pitching coach Derek Johnson, as first reported by Bobby Nightengale of the Minnesota Star Tribune. Will Sammon of The Athletic adds that Johnson will serve in an advisory role with New York.
Johnson has been a big-league pitching coach for the past decade. After three seasons as a minor league pitching coordinator with the Cubs, he became the Brewers pitching coach in 2016. Johnson remained in the NL Central for his next gig, joining the Reds as pitching coach in 2019. Cincinnati extended Johnson and named him the director of pitching after the 2021 campaign.