"The Mets made significant headway in reconstructing their gutted coaching staff Tuesday, hiring a new bench coach and promoting from within to fill the role of hitting coach, sources said. Kai Correa, most recently the Guardians' field coordinator and coach of defense, baserunning and game strategy, will be manager Carlos Mendoza's second in command. He assumes the bench coach role vacated by John Gibbons, who resigned as part of the Mets' massive coaching reconstruction earlier this month."
"Correa, 37, played college baseball at Puget Sound University and has quickly risen through the ranks: He started as a Division III assistant coach with Puget Sound, moved on to Division I, and began serving as a minor-league coach in the Cleveland organization in 2018. He became then-Giants manager Gabe Kapler's bench coach in 2020, and interim manager for three games in 2023 when Kapler was fired. He returned to the Guardians the next season."
"He worked with the Astros in various capacities for five years, before becoming the Cardinals' primary hitting coach from 2018 to 2022. He also owns HittingResearch.com, which, according to his LinkedIn page, is home to Hit 585 - a "batting cage facility where (they) customize player development programs and share information on application of objective information to the hitting development process.""
The Mets filled two coaching vacancies by hiring Kai Correa as bench coach and promoting Jeff Albert to lead the major-league hitting program. Correa joins as manager Carlos Mendoza's top aide after serving as the Guardians' field coordinator and coaching defense, baserunning and game strategy; his career advanced from Division III assistant to MLB coaching roles. Albert moves from director of hitting development to oversee the club's hitting program, bringing experience with the Astros and Cardinals plus graduate training in exercise science and a private hitting facility and development platform. The Mets may add another hitting coach.
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