In addition to firing Mickey Callaway, the Mets will not retain bench coach Jim Riggleman, The Post’s Mike Puma reported.
Riggleman joined the Mets for the 2019 season, replacing Gary DiSarcina as Callaway’s right-hand man. Riggleman, 66, had been a manager for five major league teams, most recently as interim manager of the Reds in 2018, and was supposed to aid Callaway with in-game strategy.
Brodie Van Wagenen danced around the reasoning behind the Mets firing Callaway on Thursday.
“He helped us start this progression,” Van Wagenen said on a conference call from Florida, where he and Jeff Wilpon met Callaway.