How Mets reportedly feel about coaching staff after awful second half of June

The New York Mets began June 13 at 45-24 but will head into July with a record of 48-37, coming off their humbling three-game sweep at the hands of the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates (35-50) this past weekend.

On Sunday night, MLB insider Andy Martino of SNY revealed that Mets team officials "continue to believe in the major league coaching staff" even though the club is in the middle of a 3-13 run. 

"The offense has underperformed, but rarely does a change in hitting coaches turn around a struggling lineup," Martino explained. "MLB hitters are grown men, no longer in a player development program. Many have their own private hitting instructors in addition to the Mets’ Eric Chavez and Jeremy Barnes. High-end agencies provide hitting data and feedback. A team’s successes and failures rarely hinge on the staff instructors employed by that club."

Martino also suggested that pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel, bullpen coach Jose Rosado and others on the Mets staff are safe in their jobs as of the final day of June. There's no indication manager Carlos Mendoza is on the hot seat after he guided the 2024 Mets to the National League Championship Series in his first season in charge. 

As Will Sammon of The Athletic noted, the Mets are currently without four starting pitchers because of injuries. Griffin Canning is out for the year due to a ruptured left Achilles. Lefty Sean Manaea (oblique) hasn't yet made his season debut and was recently shut down from throwing because of a bone chip in his elbow. Ace Kodai Senga hasn't pitched since he went down with a hamstring strain on June 12, and Tylor Megill (right elbow sprain) hasn’t taken the bump since June 14.

That said, John Harper of SNY pointed out that Mets television announcer Gary Cohen said after the club's 12-1 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday that New York had just completed the most lopsided series by score (30-4) in its history. Such a performance is unacceptable from what Spotrac shows is a team responsible for the highest payroll in all of MLB. 

"It’s frustrating, and we are all frustrated, obviously. Not gonna lie, we’re better than that, and they know that," Mendoza said shortly after Sunday's blowout, per Alex Smith of SNY. "It’s a tough stretch, but we’ve got to be better. It starts with me. We believe in those guys."

On Monday morning, big-spending Mets owner Steve Cohen took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to ask fans to "keep the faith" despite all that went wrong for the club during June: