The New York Mets, owned by Steve Cohen, are in trouble. On June 12, the team had the best record in baseball at 45-24. But over their last 93 games, they had a record of 38-55, which was the fifth-worst record in the majors during that time. Cohen has made big changes to the coaching staff after spending $765 million on Juan Soto and seeing a 96.8% chance of making the playoffs turn into a season-ending shutout. Now, the franchise is taking apart the very structure that couldn’t stop this terrible collapse.
The shakeup has caused a lot of problems for the coaching staff. The group fired Mike Sarbaugh, the coach for third base and the infield. John Gibbons, the coach for the bench, chose to leave his job. Glenn Sherlock, who had been on the Mets coaching staff for ten years, announced his