Adam Rubin this morning confirmed that Chip Hale has been hired as the 3B coach but he also passed along another tidbit.The Mets coaching staff may not be set, rem. when the season ended it was reported that the team may look at former managers to fill coaching vacancies.
But then it appeared that Shines would move to bench coach, Alomar to 1B and the newly hired Hale would complete the staff as the 3B coach, not leaving room for a former manager.
However, the Shines and Alomar positions have not been confirmed other then to say they will be back and not in the positions they served last year.
Apparently the Mets are still looking at former managers and even Bob Melvin's name has come up, if they hire one of them, it would probably mean that Shines doesn't become the bench coach. Either he would be asked to accept re-assignment or they would be creative with the extra coaches position which is usually used for the catchers coach.
A team insider suggested the Mets may be interested in former Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin as bench coach, although another source said "a bunch of names" are still being considered for a second external hire. source Daily news
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