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Buzz: HoJo, Warthen to Stay

by Regis Courtemanche on October 22nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm

Marty Noble reports for MLB.com that the Mets will likely keep Howard Johnson and Dan Warthen on the coaching staff in 2009.

Noble writes:

“The club has all but decided to retain the respective pitching and hitting coaches, and it is inclined to bring back another incumbent, Sandy Alomar Sr., who served as Manuel’s bench coach.”

…it’s so hard for me as an observer to gauge how proficient these coaches are…the only one i can come close to evaluating is luis aguayo who seemed trigger-happy at third base…that being said, i place the responsibility of the bullpen woes squarely on the pitchers themselves and don’t blame warthen too much for their breakdown last season…