Mets Hire Johnny Washington as Co-Hitting Coach

The Mets are hiring Johnny Washington as a co-hitting coach, adding a longtime associate of manager Andy Green to the major-league staff as the club reshapes its hitting operation. The hiring was reported by Joel Sherman; the team’s announcement was not included in the reports describing the move. Washington worked with Green in San Diego, where Green hired him as a first-base coach in 2017. Washington moved into an assistant hitting-coach role the following season and became the Padres’ hitting coach in 2019. Green managed San Diego from 2016 through 2019, and the two later overlapped with the Cubs, where Washington was an assistant hitting coach in 2022 and 2023 while Green was on the coaching staff. Washington most recently served as the Atlanta Braves’ minor-league hitting coordinator in 2026. Before that, he was the Angels’ hitting coach in 2024 and 2025. His coaching career has also included work with the Dodgers and Padres’ minor-league systems and a season as hitting coach for South Korea’s Hanwha Eagles in 2021. The Mets are retaining hitting coach Troy Snitker and will not bring back Jeff Albert in his major-league role as director of hitting. The reporting does not...