Carlos Beltran will be formally introduced Monday as the new Mets manager, filling the team’s most significant opening on the staff, but other key components remain in question.
At the top of that list is a bench coach who can help Beltran navigate through his first season in a field-staff position, but there also could be openings at hitting coach and pitching coach.
The 42-year-old Beltran, who spent last season as a Yankees special assistant, is expected to have input in the reshaping of the staff, and sources said Terry Collins’ name has at least been discussed for the bench-coach opening — Jim Riggleman was informed after the season that his contract wouldn’t be renewed — but the team could also look elsewhere.