Post-retirement
Since retiring, Bob Ojeda was out of the public eye until 2001 when he was hired as the pitching coach for the Mets A-level Brooklyn Cyclones. After two seasons in Brooklyn, he was promoted to be the pitching coach of the AA Binghamton Mets for 2003.
In 2003, the major league Mets suffered with terrible pitching throughout the year, resulting in pitching coach Vern Ruhle being fired. While they were searching for a new coach, Ojeda's name was mentioned as a possibility but the job ultimately went to Rick Peterson who was Mets' manager Art Howe's former coach with the Oakland Athletics. Not long after, Ojeda left the Mets, criticizing the organization as a whole but saying his unsuccessful candidacy for pitching coach was not a factor.
In 2005, Ojeda was named the pitching coach for the Can-Am League's Worcester Tornadoes under Worcester manager and Ojeda's former batterymate, Rich Gedman, helping the team win the Can-Am championship in its first year. After the 2007 season, Ojeda left the coaching staff to join the front office.
In 2009, Ojeda joined SportsNet New York as a Pre-Game and Post-Game studio analyst for New York Mets Broadcasts with Chris Carlin
In May 2012, Ojeda wrote an article for The New York Times titled "My Left Arm". He talks about the pain he went through pitching in the Major Leagues.
Ojeda has a wife, a son and five daughters. They reside in Rumson, New Jersey.
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