The Mets announced on Tuesday morning that pitching coach Dan Warthen and head trainer Ray Ramirez will not be returning to the organization next year in their current roles.
While Warthen will be offered another role in the organization, it sounds like Ramirez is gone for good. Although the Warthen move was hinted at as the regular season came to a close, it’s still surprising to see a coach who was recently thought of as among the best in the game lose his job. Warthen and the slider that he taught New York’s starting pitchers were given a lot of credit for the rise of the rotation to elite status in 2015.