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When the Mets started the season, Manager Mickey Callaway repeatedly noted that pitching was strength of their roster.
Jacob deGrom was coming off a season that earned him National League’s Cy Young Award last season and a $137.5 million contract extension before opening day, and the Mets traded for closer Edwin Diaz, who had claimed 57 saves in 61 opportunities for Seattle last year.
But the win-now Mets (35-39) have struggled to execute pitches as a staff. So on Thursday they fired Dave Eiland, their pitching coach, as the team readied to play the Cubs in Chicago, according to a person with knowledge of the decision who was not authorized to discuss it publicly.