J.D. Martinez joins another former Met, Carlos Beltrán, as a special assistant in the front office. Christopher Pasatieri / Getty Images
March 31, 2026Updated 7:43 pm EDT
The Mets are adding long-time big-leaguer J.D. Martinez to their front office as a special assistant to David Stearns, the team announced Tuesday.
“Everybody saw what he meant to the team in 2024, not only on the field but off the field,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “Super consistent, very knowledgeable and very positive. He’s a guy who’s won the World Series and been in the playoffs. Overall, it’s a huge addition.”
Martinez joins another former Met, Carlos Beltrán, as a special assistant in the front office. When discussing the role with Martinez, the Mets envisioned it as similar to the one Beltrán serves: spending time inside the front office to learn how the organization’s processes work and inside the clubhouse on occasional homestands and road trips throughout the season.
“(It’s) not only with the position players but with the pitchers,” Mendoza said. “There’s so much value to having pitchers talk to a Hall of Famer like Carlos Beltrán and now J.D. Martinez with their minds and everything they bring to the table.”
The Mets first discussed a potential front office role with Martinez back in 2024, when he played for them. The door was open, the club had said, whenever he was ready to hang up his spikes.
Martinez did not play in 2025 and picked up the conversation with the Mets last winter.
His 120 games with the 2024 Mets, who advanced to the NLCS, were his last in the majors. In that season and several others across his time in Houston, Detroit, Arizona, Boston and Los Angeles, Martinez was lauded by teammates for his hitting acumen and his leadership in hitters’ meetings.
Over 14 seasons in the majors, Martinez made six All-Star teams and finished as high as fourth in MVP voting. That came for a 2018 Red Sox team that won 108 regular-season games and the World Series.
Mar 31, 2026
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