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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Dec 10, 2015 14:20:11 GMT -5
Pete Abraham reports today in his Red Sox Notebook in the Globe's print edition that Arnie Beyeler, fired as MLB first base coach in October, will join the Marlins' organization and will manage the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs (PCL) in 2016. That would reunite him with Lou Schwechheimer, the Zephs' new president who spent 30 years as GM of the Pawtucket Red Sox. The two worked together in 2011-12. Link.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Dec 2, 2015 10:39:53 GMT -5
So, what number is on Price's back when they have him model his Red Sox uni on Friday? No. 14 is up on the RF facade and there's no need for Rice to "unretire" it for Price. Perhaps 12 (Napoli's old one), but I'm thinking Vic's old 18 might be the favorite. Or maybe 41, which is available with Ogando's release. I'm sure they want to sell some Price shirts for the holidays.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Nov 3, 2015 8:57:37 GMT -5
Looking back that was the dark years. I would say the early 90s from about 1992 to 1994 were just as dark if not darker. I was stunned that Duquette was able to come in and turn around the Red Sox so quickly. They had three losing seasons and only the strike saved the Sox from bottoming out in 1994. I appreciate the long post about Kapstein and the Sox of that era. I remember all of those trade rumors in Dec 1980 regarding Burleson, Hobson, and Lynn, and I remember the Sox botching the Fisk contract and I remember his opening day HR to beat the Sox in 1981. Haywood Sullivan was awful. Mrs. Yawkey was a spiteful woman, it seemed. I remember reading that Dominic DiMaggio tried to buy the team. Can't help but wonder what that would have been like. And when Coup LeRoux happened in 1983 during the gathering of the 1967 squad honoring the fallen Tony C, it was a disgrace. It was surprising to me that LeRoux had placed Dick O'Connell back in charge. Hard to imagine those two in alliance. Wonder how history would have changed had LeRoux wrestled control of the team from Sullivan and Yawkey. He was a shyster, too, but O'Connell had been a competent GM, something Sullivan could never aspire to. Out of that mess, Lou Gorman became the GM, and that lead toward the building of the 1986 AL Championship team. And eventually Sullivan fell out of favor with Mrs. Yawkey and John Harrington became her golden boy, and would be the one to sell to John Henry. I think what made the early 1980s so dispiriting (from my vantage point) is that the 1975 Red Sox, with a young ball club, seemed so set up to keep winning. Mistakes by the FO (as much as I bemoan the Sullivan-LeRoux ascendancy, O'Connell made them, too, like dealing Cecil Cooper for George Scott and Bernie Carbo) and their decisions to purge the team of malcontents like Jenkins and Carbo by selling incredibly low in 1977-78 and to opt out completely from the free agent market put incredible pressure on their farm system to keep them competitive. Boggs was a mistake -- he had to hit himself onto the team as a utility man. Tudor was traded for offense (would they have needed Easler if they had managed to hold onto Lynn or Lansford?) before he blossomed. The Schiraldi-Ojeda deal helped win the Sox the pennant in 1986, but was a boon for the Mets in the WS. And until the whole Coup LeRoux blowup in June 1983 it seemed that the front office would just plod on forever.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Nov 1, 2015 19:35:52 GMT -5
Whether it was selective memory or just incompetence, Nick does not mention Kapstein's role in the breakup of the mid-to-late 1970s Red Sox. I say, however, that he was doing his job as a good agent. And the breakup was aided, abetted and basically created by a bumbling Red Sox front office led by Jean Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan and Buddy LeRoux.
The 1975-76 Messersmith-McNally-Peter Seitz arbitration ruling destroyed the reserve clause in player contracts. Carlton Fisk, Rick Burleson and Fred Lynn, the up-the-middle core of the pennant-winning 1975 Red Sox, had not signed new contracts when the ruling was handed down. (And multi-year deals in baseball were unheard of then. Why bother, the owners reasoned, when the reserve clause forced players to sign with their current club, or stay out of OB altogether?) During that 1975-76 offseason, Kapstein, their agent, advised them to stay unsigned, which infuriated Tom Yawkey (dying from leukemia but still very much the owner of the Red Sox), his wife, Jean, and Sullivan, who (although he was serving in the role of director of scouting at the time) was their fair-haired boy in the front office. (Although in truth Sully had had a chrome dome since the late 1960s.) Tom Yawkey, however, still believed that Dick O'Connell was the right man to be the Sox' evp/general manager, which in those days put him in Lucchino-esque control of both business and baseball operations.
Fisk, Lynn and Burleson did not "hold out," however; they simply played the first few months of 1976 under the reserve clause (as their "option year") and remained unsigned for 1977. This was the source of massive talk-show fodder on 1510 AM, the Red Sox' new flagship station and carrier of Clif Keane and Larry Claflin's "Clif and Claf" talk show. They were house men for the Red Sox and Kapstein was vilified -- as Howard Slusher would be the next year by holding out Leon Gray and John Hannah.
The Sox started 1976 horribly. They recovered but were outfought by the cheap-shotting Yankees in that famous brawl at the Toilet. Yawkey (unknown to the general public) was on his deathbed. Manager Darrell Johnson was hitting the sauce. O'Connell tried to shake things up by buying Fingers and Rudi from Oakland for $1m each, but Bowie Kuhn stopped that. At some point that summer (Yawkey died in early July and I can't remember if O'C got this done before that happened), O'Connell got Kapstein "in a room" and signed Fisk, Burleson and Lynn to "big money" (for the time) contracts through 1980 with an option for 1981.
Jean Yawkey was furious. She thought the players were traitors for daring NOT to sign the contracts they had initially been offered by the team. She claimed that her dying husband had been horribly offended by their act of impudence and rebellion and had ordered O'Connell to let the ingrates walk. (One might suspect that Tom Y was "player friendly" during the reserve clause era, but once the players got the power of free agency through the Seitz decision, old Tom would have turned into a reactionary of the first rank. He died before that possibility would have been tested.) Jean was supported in her opinion by Sullivan, who had been shunted aside by Dick O'Connell -- demoted from, if you will, co-general manager (he was always on the dais with O'C during the major new conferences of the late 1960s) to scouting director when Neil Mahoney died in 1973. Sullivan and O'Connell were members of rival groups who were organizing to buy the Red Sox after Mrs. Yawkey put them up for sale in 1977. Sullivan had been ruthlessly sucking up to the Yawkeys, especially Jean.
Mrs. Yawkey, of course, chose the Sullivan group (headed by LeRoux), although its bid was supposedly far lower than competing syndicates. She fired O'Connell after the 1977 season and gave Sullivan the general manager's job before the American League could even approve the sale. (Which they did only when Mrs. Y reinvested in the team as co-general partner in 1978). Don Zimmer almost wrecked Fisk's career by catching him in 1,316 and 1,355 innings in 1977-78 -- and in 1979 when Fisk had to go on the DL for the first two months of the season with a bad arm, Sullivan called him a malingerer. That set the stage for almost 20 years of bad blood between Fisk and the Red Sox regime.
In 1980, as the clock was ticking on their contracts, Fisk was 33 (with a dozen years of MLB left in him), Burleson 29 and Lynn 28. The players and Sullivan were at an impasse. Surprisingly, Sullivan pulled off a great trade -- Burleson (and Hobson) to the Angels for Carney Lansford and Mark Clear. (Lansford gave them two fine years, and Burleson wrecked his throwing shoulder in Anaheim.) But then Haywood missed the deadline for offering 1981 contracts to Fisk and Lynn -- and according to the CBA of the time, triggering binding arbitration that would decide whether or not they were instant free agents. Sully then traded Lynn to Anaheim, too, getting back washed-up Joe Rudi, sore-armed former fireballer Frank Tanana, and 32-year-old weak-hitting CF Rick Miller. But he couldn't find a taker for Fisk before Pudge was declared a free agent, and he signed, almost right away, with the White Sox.
Four months or so later, I sat in the RF bleachers for the home opener against the White Sox. The up-the-middle of the Red Sox was now Gary Allenson, Glenn Hoffman and Miller. Allenson hit a solo homer to give the Sox a 2-0 lead in the seventh (thanks for the details, Retrosheet!). But Fisk was behind the plate for the ChiSox and he hit a three-run bomb off Bob Stanley in the eighth to put Chicago ahead 3-2 and they never looked back. The absence of Fisk, native New Englander and quintessential Red Sox player, was for many of us the story of the team during the 1980s, at least before 1986. But the loss of Lynn in center field, especially his bat, was also keenly felt. His desire was questioned by Clif, Claf and their ilk -- he was not an "iron man" -- and many stories were written (which Lynn has since denied) that he hated Boston and pined for his native Southern California. But he may have given them another 3-5 years of power hitting and elite defense. (True, Burleson hurt his arm so if you look at both Angel trades as one megadeal it was a wash, but then in 1982 the Sox decided they didn't want to pay Lansford, so they wheeled him to Oakland for Tony Armas. Boggs could have played first base if Lansford had stayed here.)
So, anyway, Kapstein. I'm not sure when he ceased being Fisk's, Lynn's and Burleson's agent, but in my mind he was a bigger "playah" with the Red Sox from 1976-80 than he was from 2002 until a few days ago.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Oct 21, 2015 11:21:58 GMT -5
Apologies if this is in another thread, but George Lombard, the Red Sox' roving minor league outfield/baserunning coordinator since 2013 (and, before that, GCL Red Sox manager), has moved on to the Atlanta Braves, where he will be system-wide field coordinator as well as OF/BR instructor. link
Updating on November 11 based on P. Abraham reportage/Twitter feed:Billy McMillon moves from Portland manager to Lombard's old role of Red Sox' roving minor league base running/OF coordinator. Carlos Febles replaces McMillon as Portland's manager. Joe Oliver replaces Febles as Salem's manager. Iggy Suarez replaces Oliver as Lowell's manager, moving up from batting coach. No further announcements that I can see re.domestic affiliates, but I assume this means Kevin Boles, Darren Fenster and Tom Kotchman to remain at Pawtucket, Greenville and GCL Fort Myers.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Oct 5, 2015 13:27:25 GMT -5
Well, Gedman seems to be a pretty good hitting coach. (Although maybe not as good as Victor Rodriguez.) Isn't he more valuable to the organization as the hitting coach in Pawtucket, or perhaps as roving minor league hitting coordinator? Was putting his name out there this past weekend as "wanting a promotion to the Show or maybe he'll leave the organization" one more example of Nick Cafardo using his column to carry water for his friends?
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Oct 5, 2015 11:31:29 GMT -5
Since Gedman is a batting coach, and the Sox already have two batting coaches on their MLB staff returning next season, I doubt that they fired Beyeler to make room for him. I hope he stays at Pawtucket, but good luck to him to get a batting coach gig with another organization if that's his preference.
Since Beyeler was also an outfield instructor as well as first-base coach, the most logical internal hires would be Billy McMillon or George Lombard. Probably McMillon, who is blocked by Kevin Boles at present in Pawtucket.
Or, if it's someone from outside the organization, someone that Dombrowski wants to bring in from the Tiger organization.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Oct 4, 2015 11:50:55 GMT -5
Poor Beyeler. Lifelong minor leaguer who was one year short of qualifying for his MLB pension. I hope he gets a shot somewhere else in MLB. I remember when Victorino took him to the Gold Glove awards as his personal guest after 2013.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Sept 30, 2015 14:50:46 GMT -5
Meanwhile, who replaces O'Brien on the radio network? Will they bump Joe Castig back up to #1 guy, or keep easing him towards retirement? Are any of the PawSox alumni worthy* of being #1 (or #2) on Red Sox radio?
*Not speaking of Gary Cohen here; that ship sailed a long time ago ...
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Sept 24, 2015 16:44:00 GMT -5
I'm no insider, but when Lucchino resigned on August 1, they faced a vacuum in their front office. To whom would Cherington report? Sam Kennedy? No -- he is not the chief executive officer "going forward" (as all CEOs like to say). To Mike Gordon? Doubtful. To Werner? God, no. To John Henry? Then almost assuredly. Dombrowski's firing by Ilitch presented Henry with the chance to hire a proven senior executive with whom he had worked in Miami. Had Ilitch pulled the trigger sooner, perhaps Dombrowski would have inherited the CEO mantle from Lucchino. (He had it with the Tigers for a dozen years.)
There had to be a senior person above Cherington in the chain of command. They hired a "fellow GM" and Cherington exercised his right to decline to serve under him. He may have thought of staying on as a demotion. There's no stigma for Hazen, only two years younger and with almost as much time in the game as Cherington.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Aug 25, 2015 18:14:48 GMT -5
With O'Brien sliding over to TV, I have to think HAS to be leaving ESPN (for, I would assume, healthy compensation) and, wishcasting here, that NESN would like a more ESPN-like baseball broadcast. Remy returns to being a baseball analyst (and based on his adjustments this year, he can do this) rather than a buffoon for his 40 games. O'Brien provides both PBP chops and a better feel for the game (IMHO) than Orsillo had.
But look for big changes on radio, too. O'Brien has been the #1 announcer on games he has broadcast on the radio network for the past several years, relegating Castig to the #2 role. He's had the opening and ninth innings (again - on games when he ISN'T off doing Monday night baseball). O'Brien - not Castig - called Koji's strikeout of Carpenter in the ninth inning of Game 6 in 2013. Castig is almost 70 years old and facing retirement. Entercom (with the Sox' approval) may clean house in 2016, or give Castig one last season to return to top banana status before he's put out to pasture.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Aug 19, 2015 8:17:14 GMT -5
This represents a major transition for the Red Sox, the third in the last 21 years and the second under the current ownership. In 1993, Haywood Sullivan was bought out, Harrington gave Duquette power that Gorman never came close to having, and Duquette overhauled the Red Sox' very stagnant baseball operations department. Then, of course, came the first year of this ownership in 2002; Port was the interim GM while they negotiated with Beane but at the scouting level, they brought in a whole new team of scouts, many of them from the Marlins (led by David Chadd) -- whose entire baseball ops department had been replaced by Loria's Montreal front office. Some of Duquette's guys, like Ben, were retained and soon promoted, some were shifted into "player development consultant" roles, Ray Poitevint was bounced as director, international scouting, etc. Most of the Miami guys stayed only a couple of years then, like Chadd and Louie Eljaua, landed with Dombrowski in Detroit. Many were replaced by scouts and development people from San Diego, following Lucchino; he not only brought Kennedy and Epstein here, but Jason McLeod, Craig Shipley and a bunch of area scouts, cross checkers, etc. Another influx of people came from Cleveland: Farrell, Hazen and Byrnes chief among them. A lot of the top guys have been baked into the system for some time, some starting as interns and getting steady promotions. I don't think this F.O. has been "stagnant," like 1993's or 2001's, but the results on many fronts (all save amateur and international scouting, and a mixed grade for player development) have been largely disappointing. Major League/pro scouting has been abysmal.
So, it's a turning point, to be sure, and I while I am in the main supportive of Dombrowski's hiring, I am concerned about team-building philosophies and a rerun of the quick-fix mandate, if Ilitch and Henry indeed have the same itch. I don't know why (apart from their past association) Frank Wren's name came up last night -- did his agent call Nightengale to float a rumor? -- but Dombrowski's hiring and his focus on baseball operations solely (he also was CEO in Detroit) does not mean he's compelled to bring in an "experienced" GM under him, like Wren. I respect the people on this board who like DiPoto; he's never worked for Dombrowski as far as I know. He could promote to GM a guy like Chadd or Eljaua with whom he's worked and groom him. Obviously, the MLB/pro scouts had better get their LinkedIn networks alerted ...
I would hope that, this time, the Red Sox' international and amateur scouting stays intact, or experiences only a gradual transition. I think the player development department also needs some new blood. Is Crockett the right guy for his job? Do they need to overhaul their minor league pitching instruction department? Ralph Treuel has been the pitching coordinator since 2007 and the results, after Buchholz and Masterson, have been very poor. Is David Howard the right guy to coordinate their player instruction? Etc.
No doubt some very good people will leave the organization. I hope they're replaced by better ones.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Jun 1, 2015 18:31:18 GMT -5
Everyone remembers Griffith's outrageously racist and indefensible (who cares if Calvin was drunk when he made them?) remarks that sparked Rod Carew's departure from Minnesota in 1979. But in the 1960s, the Twins were (IMO) the most racially color-blind team in the (woefully still-far-from-truly-integrated) American League. In 1962, the year they first contended for the pennant, they had Battey (C), Vic Power (1B), Zoilo Versalles (SS) and Lenny Green (CF) in their regular lineup. Power and Green, who were veterans, moved on, but by 1965, their pennant-winning year, they'd acquired Mudcat Grant and Cesar Tovar and brought up 2x batting champ Tony Oliva and useful backup OF Sandy Valdespino. And then in 1967 they unveiled Carew. The league was catching up to them by then. Apart from SP Earl Wilson, the Red Sox had no nonwhite starters as late as 1962 (Willie Tasby might have been the regular CF for much of 1960, but he was let go in the expansion draft). Roman Mejias couldn't hold the CF job in 1963 and Felix Mantilla was the regular 2B in 1964-65 (with Green in CF in 1965). The Red Sox began to integrate in earnest in 1966, when Joe Foy, George Scott and George Smith became regulars, John Wyatt became their closer, and Jose Tartabull their fourth OF. The next year, George Smith was hurt (ending his career) and Reggie Smith broke in.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on May 9, 2015 20:35:09 GMT -5
Margot struggling, now 5 for his last 41. Perhaps he's terrified about being traded to the Phillies.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Mar 3, 2015 20:00:35 GMT -5
Today's release of the 2015 Red Sox media guide offers some insights into the changes in their amateur/area, professional/MLB and international scouting departments during the past off-season.
As mentioned upthread, the Red Sox lost some senior evaluators, including Galen Carr and Dave Finley (Dodgers), Dave Keller (Marlins) and SoCA area scout Tom Battista (Braves), in the late autumn.
There also were promotions announced in January, as Amiel Sawdaye went from director, amateur scouting, to VP/amateur and international scouting; Raquel Ferriera, from senior director, minor league operations, to VP/baseball administration; Mike Rikard, from national crosschecker to director, amateur scouting; Gus Quattlebaum, from assistant director, amateur scouting to assistant director, professional and international scouting; Steve Saunders, from coordinator/amateur and international to assistant director, amateur scouting.
In addition, Cherington's three top baseball operations lieutenants, Mike Hazen and Brian O'Halloran (assistant GMs) and Allard Baird (player personnel), were all bumped up from vice presidents to senior VPs.
Other changes that are initially apparent:
Amateur Scouting New hires: Paul Fryer (global crosschecker); Todd Gold (area scout, NC/SC); Stephen Hargett (area scout, NoFL), Josh Labandeira (NoCA) Promotions: Tom Kotchman (from area scout NoFL to Florida cross-checker -- while still managing the GCL Red Sox) Reassignments: Demond Smith (from area scout, NoCA and SoCA, to SoCA exclusively, filling the gap, perhaps, for Battista) Departures: Pat Portugal (NC/SC; now with the Athletics), in addition to Battista
Professional/MLB/Special Assignment Scouting New hires: Brian Bannister Promotions: Mark Wasinger (from special assignment scout to special assistant, player personnel); Dave Klipstein (from ML scout to special assignment scout) Departures: Carr, Keller
International Scouting New hires: Lenin Rodriguez (Venezuela); otherwise pretty much the same group as in 2014.
When Baseball America's 2015 Directory comes out there might be additional notes about pre-2014 Sox' scouts and minor ops personnel who have landed with other organizations.
EDIT: The BA 2015 Directory reveals no major changes from what's been reported here. Interesting aside: Rich Sauveur, the former PawSox pitching coach whose resignation started this thread, is not listed as a coach or roving instructor with any other MLB organization in 2015.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Mar 2, 2015 7:14:16 GMT -5
Re. the Mookie Betts permanent uni number question asked upthread, it looks like he wants to keep #50 when/if he makes the team. Per the Globe this morning, he was offered lower numbers over the winter but decided to keep 50.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Feb 13, 2015 9:49:36 GMT -5
Random question but does anyone know when number changes are finalized? Gotta change my softball number from JBJ to 50 for Mookie if he's keeping it. Uniwatch post from 2011 indicates that, because of merchandising, changing numbers of players has become more difficult -- or costly. The Red Sox' website has not updated the 40-man and STI roster as of this morning. I'd expect the Globe to publish an official roster this weekend or next. (JWH has inside info! ) But for now it looks like Betts is keeping #50, with lower numbers like 3 and 16 unassigned for the moment. Tellingly, the Red Sox' online store is not selling Betts authentic jerseys ... yet. So it's possible they could give him a new uni without their being a merchandising issue.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Jan 26, 2015 14:07:34 GMT -5
Bill Monbouquette dies at 78.
Monbouquette, Dick Radatz, Frank Malzone, a young Yaz and an even younger Tony C were the only bright lights on the mid-1960s Red Sox. He won 20 games for Johnny Pesky in 1963, pitched a no-no against the White Sox in 1962, and Kd 17 batters in a game in 1961. Only one Red Sox team he played on, 1958's, in his rookie season, was over .500. He ran out of gas in 1964-65, then was traded away and finished up with the Tigers, Giants and Yankees. I met him at a Red Sox fantasy camp in the early 1990s (at Winter Haven, so before 1993). A very nice man who, despite his Medford birthplace and his French-Canadian roots, spoke with an Anglo-Canadian accent. He was working for the Blue Jays then -- after being a big league pitching coach for the Yankees and Mets -- and I asked him why the Red Sox never brought him back into the organization. He said he had been black-listed for being too outspoken.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Jan 22, 2015 15:51:25 GMT -5
Per Baseball America, Pat Portugal, recently a Red Sox area scout in North Carolina, is the Oakland Athletics' new Northeast scouting supervisor. He was the signing scout for Madison Bumgarner when Portugal worked for the Giants.
Last week, the Red Sox announced the hiring of Todd Gold to cover the Carolinas, presumably as Portugal's replacement.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Jan 14, 2015 10:32:00 GMT -5
Oh but Chris that would mean that MLB teams were getting the benefit of free labor which is illegal and MLB teams would neever break the law. I am suure that this is just rogue scouts doing this on their own cough cough. Heh. I see it like an internship. Those are still legal... I think? The Red Sox did hire an area scout (full-time) in Northern Florida yesterday to work under Kotchman. His name is Stephen Hargett. As for Kotchman, I'll repost this SI.com profile, because it is a very good piece on him and describes how he (at 60) balances both scouting and GCL manager jobs: "The Hardest Working Man in Baseball"
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Jan 13, 2015 8:48:31 GMT -5
Another alumni note: The Dodgers re-appoint Bill Haselman as manager of the Low-A Great Lakes Loons (Midland, MI), Haselman's second straight season there. He went 66-73 in 2014. A few off-seasons ago, Cafardo was buzzing about Haselman returning to the Red Sox system in some capacity, but that never materialized. His last association here was as MLB first-base coach (2006). milb.com
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Jan 10, 2015 8:52:11 GMT -5
Royals' minor league staff announcement yesterday includes a few Red Sox alumni/former staff members. All of them had Royal roots, however.
Missourian Al Nipper named pitching coach of the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers. He was let go by the Tigers after two years as minor league pitching coordinator and one season as pitching coach at Toledo. Nipper was the Royals' MLB pitching coach under Tony Muser in 2001-02.
Also, Jeff Suppan named pitching coach at Rookie-level Idaho Falls, as he comes back to the organization where he became a big league fixture. Returning are 84-year-old senior pitching consultant Bill Fischer and special assistant John Wathan. Fischer's time with the Royals goes all the way back to 1968 when he joined them as a scout (and minor league pitching instructor) before they even played an MLB game. He spent seven full years (under McNamara and Morgan) with the Red Sox as MLB pitching coach, which is probably a record.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Jan 9, 2015 8:50:17 GMT -5
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Jan 8, 2015 14:25:24 GMT -5
The Red Sox actually announced all of the staffs. We'll have something up here soon. Great. It's not surprising that after such a successful 2014, the managers (including Febles in Salem and Kotchman in the GCL) were all retained. I wondered if another organization would try to hire McMillon away for a Triple-A gig, or another type of promotion.
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Jan 8, 2015 14:18:29 GMT -5
Greenville brings back Darren Fenster as manager, with Miranda as pitching coach and Nelson Paulino as batting coach. Link
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