MLB: Mets wanted to hire independent coach who made Yankees’ Anthony Volpe a great hitter

the experienced Jason Lefkowitz, age 38had been a strong candidate for an assistant hitting coach position, but famed journalist Joel Sherman of The New York Post tweets that New York MetsInstead, they “go in another direction.”

Former headhunters of the organizations of the Seattle Mariners and the Houston AstrosLefkowitz runs a high-performance baseball training center that’s hard, if not impossible, to let go of:

In August, popular reporter Greg Joyce of the NY Post wrote about Lefkowitz’s work with New York Yankees prospect Anthony Volpe ahead of the 2021 season, and Volpe delivered a breakout year in Class A that has brought into the conversation as one of baseball’s top prospects.

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The Mets are still in the process of finalizing the coaching staff for new manager Buck Showalter, although the lead hitting coach job was filled by former third baseman Eric Chavez earlier this month.


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I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and all Mexican baseball in general. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, LMB All Star, LMP (uninterruptedly since 2009), signatures of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, although as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I have baseball in my veins. Degree in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and a reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I arrived at El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services at Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and a few days later, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. This is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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MLB: Mets wanted to hire independent coach who made Yankees’ Anthony Volpe a great hitter