Mets pitching Dan Warthen has changed his mind and will not retire after this season, he told Daily News reporter Kristie Ackert this past weekend.
"I thought this would be my last year," he told Ackert. "I really thought I wanted to retire. I'd have my pitchers all back and they'd be ready to go. But, after this year, I want one more year. I don't want to leave them like this."
The Mets hired Warthen during June, 2008, after Rick Peterson was let go as the team's pitching coach. Prior to joining the Mets, he had been a bullpen coach for the Dodgers, and a minor league instructor and pitching coach for the Tigers, Padres and Mariners.