NY Mets coaches who've deservedly gotten no credit so far, finally get kudos

New York Mets fans have spent most of this season wondering how an offense this expensive could keep looking this frustrating. Too many games ended with stranded runners, ugly at-bats, and hitters walking back to the dugout while the crowd rained down boos from every direction. Fair or not, the hitting coaches became the first place fans pointed every time the offense disappeared for long stretches. By now, a large part of the fanbase was ready for somebody in that hitting room to finally give them a reason to believe the message was getting through.

Sunday against the Yankees felt different almost immediately. Citi Field was loud, and the Mets finally delivered a late offensive moment that fans had been waiting for. Tyrone Taylor’s game-tying homer instantly became one of the biggest swings of the season. The reaction afterward, though, may have quietly shifted the conversation around a group that has spent most of the year taking heat from the fanbase.

For once, the Mets' hitting coaches are hearing something positive

Tyrone Taylor did more than save the Mets on Sunday. His game-tying homer against David Bednar snapped a brutal streak of 91 straight games where the Mets failed to come back and win when trailing after eight innings. For a team that spent most of the season making late offense feel impossible, finally breaking through in that spot carried a little extra weight.

What made the moment even more interesting came after the game. Taylor explained he was sitting on Bednar’s first-pitch curveball because it was part of the pregame plan from the Mets' hitting coaches. Yes, the pitch was a hanger, and major league hitters should hammer mistakes like that. Still, actually anticipating it matters. For a coaching staff that spent most of the season absorbing blame for every dead offensive night, this was finally a very public example of preparation turning directly into results.

The frustration aimed at the Mets' hitting coaches did not come out of nowhere, either. Heading into May, the Mets ranked 29th in runs scored, 27th in walk rate, 28th in batting average, and dead last in both on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The lineup lacked patience, pop, contact, and, honestly, even basic signs of life at times.

Lately, though, some hitters are finally showing signs of life. Carson Benge is hitting .342 with six runs scored over the last nine games. Mark Vientos is batting .270 with two homers and eight RBI. Brett Baty is hitting .300, while rookie AJ Ewing has impressed immediately with a .294 average and a .500 OBP thanks largely to seven walks in his first six games.

The most encouraging part for the Mets is that this recent stretch is happening without Juan Soto or Bo Bichette fully carrying the offense yet. Nobody is saying one Tyrone Taylor quote suddenly fixed everything. Mets fans have suffered through enough dead offensive stretches already to know better. Still, with several hitters already starting to trend in the right direction, Taylor’s comments may have offered the clearest sign yet that the work being done by the hitting coaches is finally starting to translate onto the field.

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