MLBbro Jemile Weeks Hired As New York Mets Roving Instructor | Can He Help Bring The Stolen Base Back To Flushing?

MLBbro Jemile Weeks Hired As New York Mets Roving Instructor | Can He Help Bring The Stolen Base Back To Flushing?

by | Feb 8, 2023 | 6TH SLOT

As pitchers and catchers prepare to report to Spring Training in less than seven days, teams are also putting the final touches on their coaching staff for the 2023 season. On Monday, the New York Mets helped add a little more diversity to the game, hiring former Big Leaguer Jemile Weeks as their Roving Instructor for Infield and Baserunning for the 2023 season.

Jemile, who was elite at both skills, let the baseball world know about the move via his personal Instagram account. “Thankful and grateful!! I will be your Roving Instructor for Infield and Baserunning all 2023!! Proud to bring the wisdom and knowledge of this game to the HIGHEST levels once again. Mets get ready for another wild run, CHAMPIONSHIP MINDSET. 

Jemile Weeks Is Elite Baserunner 

 

Now if the last name looks familiar, that’s because it should be. Jemile is the younger brother of fellow former MLBbro Rickie Weeks. Now his older brother’s name has always had more star power, but Jemile was able to carve out a six-year career in the Big Leagues himself. 

Jemile hit over .350 in two of his three seasons at the University of Miami before being taken 12th overall in the first round of the 2008 MLB Draft. His six-year career in the majors included three years in Oakland, two years in Boston and two brief stops in San Diego and Baltimore. 

 

What Is A Rover Assistant? 

 

Now some may be wondering what exactly a rover assistant does. Per Weeks’ LinkedIn account, Jemile will travel to all Mets affiliates and develop top talent. This is going to be an important role with the Mets, who finished last season with four of their top-ranking prospects being infielders. 

The Mets may have missed out on Platinum Glove winner Carlos Correa and lost their dominant but often injured ace Jacob deGrom, but they still have World Series aspirations over in Queens. We know ultimately players win and lose games, but a quality coaching staff is critical to success. Adding a forming big leaguer like Weeks will only strengthen the Mets as they gear up for what should be arguably the toughest division in baseball.  

Weeks knows how to work with young talent. He contributes his experience and energy to helping develop the next generation of MLBbros through various developmental programs MLB offers for inner-city and minority talent such as the Hank Aaron invitational and Breakthrough Series.

 

Rickie Weeks Inducted Into National College Baseball Hall of Fame

 

This has been a big month for the Weeks brothers, as last Friday in Omaha, Nebraska big bro Rickie was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. Rickie is one of the most decorated HBCU baseball players of all-time, leading the nation in 2002 and 2003 en route to back-to-back consensus All-American selections before being drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers.

MLB 2021 Season Rewind| Telly Hughes Talks With MLBbro Jemile Weeks, Still Grinding For The Culture

MLB 2021 Season Rewind| Telly Hughes Talks With MLBbro Jemile Weeks, Still Grinding For The Culture

by | Dec 30, 2021 | CLEAN UP

Telly Hughes “The Voice of MLBbro.com” interviews former MLB player Jemile Weeks, one half of the Weeks Brothers, who both enjoyed MLB careers and continue to work in the inner city communities to provide the next generation of Black ballplayers with the resoures, encouragement and baseball knowledge needed to excel in the game. While also evening out the systemic barriers in the sport.

 

 

MLB 2021 Season Rewind| Telly Hughes Talks With MLBbro Jemile Weeks, Still Grinding For The Culture

Rickie Weeks | From HBCU To The Top of The MLB Draft

by | May 24, 2021 | CLEAN UP

In the second edition of A Bro Convo W/Telly Hughes, former MLB All-Star Rickie Weeks, who spent 14 years in The Show, steps to the mic.

Weeks discusses how he was able to overcome the stigma of playing at Southern University in Louisiana and become the No. 2 overall pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2003 MLB Draft.  While at Southern, Weeks finished his career with a .465 batting average (254 of 546), the highest in NCAA history.