The Mets made the hiring of Kai Correa and the promotion of Jeff Albert official on Wednesday, naming Correa the bench coach for the 2026 season and Albert the director of Major League hitting. The front office was able to keep these moves under wraps, without anything even leaking about interviews for the open positions on manager Carlos Mendoza’s coaching staff.

Typically, this is how president of baseball operations David Stearns likes to operate. He makes the decisions, many of which come with input from his staff that he has solicited, and acts on them quickly, often before there is any chance for a rumor to spin out of control.

It’s unclear as to whether or not the Mets have been interviewing multiple candidates for the open jobs, or if those two had long been identified as rep

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