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London Mets and GB baseball legend Jonathon Cramman joins St Lucie Mets
- Chris Kelly
- Jan 23
- 2 min read
Jonathon Cramman, long time player of the London Mets has joined the coaching staff of minor league team St Lucie Mets in Port St Lucie, FL.
Cramman begun his baseball journey at Finsbury Park with the London Mets as a youth player after the formation of the club by his mother Tanya. Over the years, Jonathon helped secure multiple NBL titles as a player and later as manager. He went on to represent Great Britain as both a player and coach. He led the GB U23s during their first World Cup appearance in 2023 and European Championship in 2025, and served as hitting coach at the 2023 World Baseball Classic and bench coach during the national team’s European silver medal run. He now joins the Port St. Lucie Mets as Bench Coach and Assistant Hitting Coach, the Single-A affiliate of the New York Mets.
The St. Lucie Mets play in the Florida State League at Clover Park, which also serves as the New York Mets’ spring training home. A key development stop in the organization, the club has produced numerous major league players and continues to be central to the Mets’ pipeline.
Cramman will work under manager Luis Rivera, entering his second season at the helm, alongside a coaching staff focused on early-stage player development. For Cramman, the move offers both recognition and an opportunity to contribute in a full professional environment. A product of Finsbury Park’s development system, he is expected to bring the same leadership and commitment that defined his time in British baseball to his new role in Florida — further highlighting the sport’s growing international pathways.
It is inspiring to see a local legend like Jonathon Cramman take his talents to the St. Lucie Mets, as it highlights the incredible mental resilience and discipline required to transition to such a high level of professional competition themes I often explore while navigating the intensive rigors of my own PhD research. Balancing my doctoral studies with a part-time role at last minute assignments has given me a front-row seat to the modern student experience, where academic and personal goals often clash with overwhelming time constraints and performance pressure; having suffered through many high-stress hustles and sleepless nights during my own college days, I am now incredibly conscious of the mental toll that an unmanaged workload can take on…