SNY’s widespread Mets asserting trio will reside on.
Within the days earlier than pitchers and catchers formally report back to spring coaching, Keith Hernandez agreed to a three-year contract to return to the sales space, with the deal being finalized on Thursday, The Publish’s Mike Puma reported.
In October, Hernandez revealed to The Publish’s Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman that he wished a three-year contract with the community and that he was not prepared to surrender his analyst gig simply but.
“I’m not able to retire,” Hernandez mentioned on “The Present” podcast then. “If I do one other three years, they’ve all the time been three-year offers, after which the three-year deal will take me to 75.
“I simply turned 72 and I’m able to do one other three.”
Hernandez has been a key a part of the SNY broadcast alongside play-by-play man Gary Cohen and former Mets teammate Ron Darling for the reason that 2006 season after beforehand working Mets video games on MSG.
He has received three Emmys (2009, 2012, 2015) for his work within the sales space.
Regardless of being in negotiations with SNY through the offseason, Hernandez was vocal concerning the Mets’ strikes throughout free company, saying that he was left “speechless” after Pete Alonso left the crew for a cope with the Orioles.
“I’m somewhat bit speechless,” he mentioned throughout an look on “SportsNite” in December. “That is very explosive. Within the years that I’ve been with the Mets, I’ve not seen this sort of transferring in a brand new route, I suppose. It’s particular — it’s profound.”
Hernandez added that the Mets’ route this offseason would revolve round pitching and protection, citing how the Amazin’s received the 1969 World Collection utilizing that blueprint.
“It’s going to be protection and in addition pitching,” he added. “I all the time look to the ’69 Mets when you’ve a crew that received a world championship with nice pitching and didn’t have an awesome offense … not by any stretch of the creativeness.”
The Amazin’s ended up including infielders Bo Bichette and Jorge Polanco, outfielder Eloy Jimenez, and pitchers Freddy Peralta, Tobias Myers, Devin Williams and Luke Weaver in a large overhaul.
