Mets Hire Eric Chavez as Hitting Coach

“I view him a little as a Swiss Army” knife, Boone said then. “He’s going to have a lot of different responsibilities. His role is going to evolve as he allows it to.”

But weeks later, the Mets lured Chavez, who is close with the team’s new general manager, Billy Eppler. After his playing days, Chavez worked as a special assistant under Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman and Eppler, who was an assistant general manager with the club. When Eppler became the Los Angeles Angels’ general manager, he took Chavez with him as a special assistant.

Zack Scott Acquitted

Zack Scott, formerly the acting general manager of the Mets, was acquitted of criminal drunken-driving charges on Thursday in a court in White Plains, N.Y.

At the time of Scott’s arrest, the police said they found him asleep at the wheel of a car in White Plains on Aug. 31 at 4:17 a.m. He was charged with driving while intoxicated. Earlier, Scott had been at the Greenwich, Conn., home of the Mets owner Steven A. Cohen, who was hosting a fund-raiser for the team’s charity. Players and team officials were in attendance.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/sports/baseball/eric-chavez-mets.html