2026 COACHING STAFF Carasiti begins his first season in Binghamton and first with the Mets organization. Last season, Carasiti worked in the same capacity for the High-A Everett AquaSox (Seattle Mariners). He pitched for parts of four seasons in the major leagues with the Colorado Rockies (2016, 2023- 24) and the Seattle Mariners (2019). In his MLB career, Carasiti made 53 appearances (48 in relief) and went 2-2 with 50 strikeouts over 58.1 in - nings. He pitched for parts of 10 seasons in affiliated baseball and also pitched for the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League and profession - ally in Japan. He last appeared in MLB on June 7, 2024, for the Rockies. Carasiti was drafted by the Rockies in the sixth round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of St. John’s University (N.Y.). He grew up in Berlin, Connecticut, and pitched for three seasons (2010-12) at St. John’s. Carasiti was the 2009 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year. Folden begins her first season in the Mets organization. She was most recently with the Chicago Cubs organization in various roles for the last five seasons (2021-25). With the Cubs, Folden was the ACL Cubs hitting coach (2021-22), Minor League hitting coordinator (2023), Double-A Ten - nessee hitting coach (2024), and Triple-A Iowa hitting coach (2025). She was the first female coach in the history of the Chicago Cubs organiza - tion. Folden played five seasons of professional softball in the National Pro Fastpitch league. She began her coaching career in softball at En - cinal High School (2009), while working as a graduate assistant at Holy Names University, and she also coached for two seasons at Valparaiso University (2010-11). The Baldwin Park, California, native was a four-time All-American softball standout at Marshall University (2005-08) and was inducted into the Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019. At Marshall, Hager begins his first season as a coach in the Mets organization. He played infield for parts of two seasons in the major leagues with the New York Mets (2021) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2021-22). Hag - er made his MLB debut for the Mets on May 15, 2021. He played in five games for New York and totaled 42 games in his MLB career. Hager played for parts of 12 seasons in Minor League Baseball, including 1,037 career games for six different organizations (Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, and Chicago Cubs). He last played for Triple-A Iowa in the Cubs organization in 2024. Hager was drafted by the Rays in the first round (32nd) overall of the 2011 MLB Draft out of Sierra Vista High School (Nevada). He was the Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior in high school and grew up playing with Bryce Harper and Joey Gallo.
Matt Carasiti Pitching Coach
Rachel Folden Hitting Coach
Folden was a two-time Conference USA Player of the Year, four-time All-Conference First Team selection, and won the triple crown in Conference USA as a sophomore in 2006. She was the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year in 2005, before Marshall moved to Conference USA.
Jake Hager Assistant Hitting Coach/ Infield Coach
12
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online