Mets hired Troy Snitker as their new hitting coach

Snitker is the son of former Braves manager Brian Snitker. The younger Snitker was a college catcher who began his coaching career in the Astros organization as a hitting coach for Double-A Corpus Christi. He was quickly promoted to the major league club as an assistant hitting coach and remained there until this off-season, when he and the Astros agreed to part ways. Snitker will work under Jeff Albert, who is the Mets’ new major league director of hitting.