The New York Mets

New York Mets

The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...

' 2012 season

2012 Major League Baseball season

The 2012 Major League Baseball season, will begin on March 28 with the first of a two game series between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome in Japan...

will be the franchise's 50th season and its fourth at Citi Field.

Offseason

Shortly after the 2011

2011 New York Mets season

The New York Mets' 2011 season was the franchise's 50th season and its third at Citi Field. Following a poor 2010 season, the Mets attempted seek their first postseason appearance since 2006...

 season ended, the Mets made changes to their coaching staff, keeping only pitching coach Dan Warthen

Dan Warthen

Daniel Dean Warthen is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher and current coach for the Brooklyn Cyclones Daniel Dean Warthen (born December 1, 1952, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher and current coach for the Brooklyn...

 and hitting coach Dave Hudgens

Dave Hudgens

David Mark Hudgens is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman and currently the hitting coach for the New York Mets. He played for the Oakland Athletics during the season...

. Bench coach Chip Hale

Chip Hale

Walter William "Chip" Hale is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and third baseman and current coach for the Oakland Athletics...

 went to the Oakland Athletics

2012 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2012 season is the 45th for the franchise in the Bay Area , as well as the 112th in club history. The team is competing for the American League West Division title after a 5 year absence from playoff contention...

 to join manager Bob Melvin

Bob Melvin

Robert Paul Melvin is the manager of the Oakland Athletics, and a former Major League Baseball catcher.During a 10-year playing career, he played from 1985–94 for seven different teams...

. General Manager Sandy Alderson

Sandy Alderson

Richard Lynn "Sandy" Alderson is the general manager of the New York Mets. He previously served as an executive with the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and the commissioner's office of Major League Baseball....

 said that the "changes were necessary for us to move forward." Former A's manager Bob Geren

Bob Geren

Robert Peter Geren is a former Major League Baseball catcher and manager. During a 5-year playing career, he played for the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres . He managed the Oakland Athletics from 2007 through 2011...

was named to replace Hale.
On October 31, 2011 the Mets officially announced that they would be moving in the outfield walls at Citi Field in three places; a wall will be added in front of the Modell's Clubhouse, visitor's bullpen, and the 16 foot wall in left field. All of the walls will be blue and be at a consistent 8 feet in height.

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases; BB = Base on Balls; K = Strike Outs AVG = Batting average;

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits; R = Runs; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average;

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA

External links

• 2012 New York Mets season Official Site
• 2012 New York Mets season at Baseball Reference
• 2012 New York Mets season at ESPN