According to Jon Heyman, Pirates Third Base Coach Joey Cora has emerged as a strong candidate to become Carlos Beltran‘s Bench Coach.
Joey Cora has emerged as candidate for Mets bench coach. Has ties to Omar Minaya and Carlos Beltran. Cora, Pirates 3B coach last year and interviewee for their managing job, is thought to be strong candidate for Mets. Other known candidates: Fredi Gonzalez, Jerry Narron.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) November 18, 2019
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. While Cora had only been on the periphery of the search he has too many connections to the team to ignore.