Two of the Mets’ longest tenured staff members have been fired, the team announced Tuesday.
Head trainer Ray Ramirez, who had been with the team since 2005, and Dan Warthen, the pitching coach since 2008, are both gone.
Mike Puma of the New York Post reported last week that Ramirez’s job was safe because, despite a rash of injuries to the team’s top players, he “remains well-respected by the team’s top officials, who deem the criticism unwarranted.”
The Mets, who went from preseason Wild Card favorites to near the bottom of the National League, were affected more by injuries than any other MLB team this year, according to Roster Resource’s calculations.