PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets added a brand new place to their teaching employees this winter, hiring Desi Druschel because the crew’s assistant pitching coach. Druschel was beforehand in the identical job for the Yankees, the place he gained familiarity with Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza, a former bench coach within the Bronx.
Druschel, 49, has an intensive collegiate teaching background, which he credit for his understanding of the expertise used to assist enhance pitchers. Druschel, who’s working beneath pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, spoke to Submit Sports activities+ this week about his new job and what he hopes to perform with the Mets.
NYP: Who was the individual most liable for getting you to the Mets?
DD: I’ve acquired a number of contacts right here. Clearly, Mendy as somebody I labored with, and Eric Jagers, who’s the director of pitching improvement, I coached him in school [at Iowa]. I do know [bullpen coach] José Rosado from the Yankees. I’ve acquired a number of individuals I do know over right here, so I don’t know that there’s essentially one individual.
