Brignac Back for Fourth Season as Manager of the Ponies McKinney begins his first season in Binghamton and third with the Mets organization. Last season, McKinney worked in the same capacity for the Brooklyn Cyclones (High-A) and in
2023 was the pitching coach for Single-A St. Lucie. With the Cyclones, McKinney’s staff set a franchise record for number of shutouts in a sin- gle season with 14. A highlight of the season came on June 4 in Coney Island, as the Cyclones pitched a combined no-hitter against Aber- deen, the franchise’s first no-hitter since 2009. He joined the organiza - tion after spending 2022 as the pitching coach at Southeast Missouri State University, helping guide them to an Ohio Valley Conference championship and NCAA Tournament berth . McKinney was also pre- viously part of coaching staffs at Oakland University (2021), University of Akron (2019-20), and Kirkwood Community College. He attended the University of Michigan on a baseball scholarship. Irving begins his first season in the Mets organization. He most re - cently was with the Cincinnati Reds organization for six years. With the Reds, he served two years as a minor league hitting coach, one year as bench coach, and three years as an MLB Coaching Assistant/ bullpen catcher. For the past two seasons, Irving has also served as a hitting coach in for the Bravos de Margarita in the Venezuela Win-
Dan McKinnney begins his first year as the Rumble Ponies pitching coach. As the pitching coach with High-A Brook- lyn last year, his staff set a franchise record with 14 shutouts.
ter League. Irving also spent one year as a graduate assistant at the University of Virginia. Irving played collegiately at Virginia and was selected in the 34th round of the 2014 draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He played professionally for the D-Backs as well as for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bray begins his first season in the Mets organization, after spending the previous two seasons as a hitting coach in the San Diego Padres organization. He also served as a minor league coach in the Boston Red Sox organization in 2022. Bray was selected by the Hous- ton Astros in the 27th round of the 2009 draft out of UNC Charlotte, playing professionally for two seasons. Returning to the Ponies’ staff as well in 2025 is Athletic Trainer Vanessa Weisbach . Weis- bach has served as the Rumble Ponies’ athletic trainer for two seasons (2022, 2024) and is in her 10th year with the Mets organization. She also assisted the New York Mets Athletic Training Staff at the end of the 2022 season. In 2023, Weisbach served as the athletic train- er for Triple-A Syracuse. Beginning his first season as Performance Coach is Trent McMaster . McMaster is in his third season with the Mets organization. Also returning to the Ponies’ staff for a second season is Baseball Analytics Analyst Will Moscato , joined by Baseball Technology & Video Associate Jaron Richman , along with Ath- letic Training Associate Meghan Haas . Clubhouse Manager Mike Vavalle returns for his ninth season with the Rumble Ponies and his seventh season as home clubhouse manager.
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