The New York Mets have agreed to hire Eric Chavez as their new hitting coach, just weeks after he joined the crosstown New York Yankees as an assistant hitting coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
Neither team has spoken publicly on the matter, but the transition, while uncommon, was said to have been executed in good faith.
Chavez, who was announced as part of Aaron Boone's staff with the Yankees on Dec. 20, now will help make up the burgeoning staff of longtime manager Buck Showalter and also will join Mets general manager Billy Eppler for the third separate time.