Brantley played four years with the Mariners, seeing the most playing time in 1988 (149 games). In his MLB career he batted .259 lifetime, with 32 HRs 56 doubles 125 RBIs in 1222 games. Brantley then went on to play in Japan with the Yomiuri Giants.
He returned to MLB as a roving coach with the San Francisco Giants in 1994. From there he moved to the New York Mets organization, managing the St. Lucie Mets in 1996 & 1997.
In 1999 the Mets front office, led by GM Steve Phillips, fired most of Bobby Valentines coaching staff without consulting him. Mickey Bradley was brought in as the new Mets hitting coach.

Unfortunately, he did not return in 2000 as he went back to being a minor league hitting instructor. The Mets brought back Tom Robson in 2000, mostly as a peace gesture to Bobby Valentine, who was never told about his coaches being fired the previous season.
Michael Brantley Jr.: Brantley's son, Michael was 12 at the time. He would attend the games & mimic stances of the Mets star hitters of the day, Mike Piazza, John Olerud, Edgardo Alfonzo & was in attendance at Shea Stadium, the day of Robin Ventura's walk off grand slam single in the NLCS. He would go on to a big league career of his own, starting just nine years down the road.

Justin Brantley: Justin is Mickey Brantley's nephew. The young pitcher briefly played in the Mets organization with the St. Lucie Mets in 2017. He had previously played in the Indians organization like his cousin. He then moved on to Independent League baseball.
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