Jeremy Hefner makes his Mets frustration clear in first Braves comments after firing
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Jeremy Hefner spoke to the media for the first time as the Braves’ pitching coach – and refused to name the Mets, where he spent two years as a player and six years coaching.
“Yeah, a lot of respect for this organization,” Hefner said when asked about what it was like to be with the Braves after leaving the Mets. “Grew up watching the Braves on TBS, watching [John] Smoltz, [Greg] Maddux, and [Tom] Glavine — all those guys do their thing.
“And then obviously been with that other team up north for a number of years, both as a player and as a coach. A lot of admiration and respect for this group. And just super grateful to be here and looking forward to continuing to work with these guys.”
Hefner was one of several coaches let go by the Mets after a highly disappointing 2025 season, where they had a league-best 45-24 record as of June 12, before collapsing and missing the playoffs.
He is not the only Mets coach to hint at bad blood with the organization; hitting coach Eric Chavez has also been very vocal about how he was given his walking papers by Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns.
Hefner was let go by the Mets in favor of new pitching coach Justin Willard, who was previously the director of pitching for the Boston Red Sox.
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