Keith Hernandez has officially signed a new contract to remain at SNY
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In the days before pitchers and catchers officially reported for spring training, Keith Hernandez agreed to a three-year contract to return to the bullpen, with the deal finalized Thursday. The Washington Post’s Mike Puma reported.
In October, Hernandez revealed to… The Post’s Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman He wants a three-year contract with the network and is not ready to give up his job as an analyst just yet.
“I’m not ready to retire,” Hernandez said on “The Show” radio show at the time. “If I do another three years, it will always be three-year deals, and then the three-year deal will take me to 75 years.
“I just turned 72 and I’m ready to do three more.”

Hernandez has been a key part of SNY’s broadcasts alongside play-by-play man Gary Cohen and former Mets teammate Ron Darling since the 2006 season after previously working Mets games on MSG.
He has won three Emmy Awards (2009, 2012, 2015) for his work on The Cabin.
Despite being in negotiations with SNY during the offseason, Hernandez has been vocal about the Mets’ moves during free agency, Saying he was left “speechless” After Pete Alonso left the team for a deal with the Orioles.
“I’m a little speechless,” he said during an appearance on SportsNite in December. “This is very explosive. In my years with the Mets, I’ve never seen this kind of move in a new direction, I think. It’s clear — it’s profound.”

Hernandez added that the Mets’ direction this season will revolve around pitching and defense, noting how the Amazin’ team won the 1969 World Series using that scheme.
“It will be defensive and also throwing the ball,” he added. “I always look forward to the ’69 Mets when you have a team that won the World Series with great pitching and didn’t have a great offense…not by any stretch of the imagination.”
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