Ricky Bones (right) with Dan Warthen (left)
Ricardo "Ricky" Bones (born April 7, 1969 in Salinas, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who had a 10-year career from 1991 to 2001. He played for three National League teams - the San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, and Florida Marlins - and four American League teams - the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, and Baltimore Orioles.
He joined the Mets in 2006 as the pitching coach for the St.Lucie Mets. In 2007 until 2008 in the same position for the Binghamton Mets.
Since 2009 until 2011, Bones began working as the pitching coach for the Mets' Triple-A farm team, the Buffalo Bisons. He is currently the longest serving coach in Bisons history under the Mets era. He was replaced by Mark Brewer.
On October 5, 2011 he was named the new bullpen coach replacing Jon Debus. In 2013 he was replaced by Guy Conti as the bullpen coach for 2 days.
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