How soon do we hire a bench and pitching coach?

[Second Base]

With Maddon aboard, I'm curious to see who they recruit to fill out the rest of the coaching staff. I doubt free agents care one way or another who the bench coach is or who the pitching coach is, but it does seem like it'd be useful information, maybe even beneficial when pursuing free agent pitchers.

I'm also wondering if our base coaches will be replaced or not.

Hopefully immediately following the World Series, if not sooner.

Edited October 21, 2019 by Second Base

[kevinb]

Free agency isn't for a while. I doubt people care at the moment. It'll happen when it happens. Be patient young wippersnapper. 

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Maddon probably has some feelers out and they're considering their options.

Nothing happens until after the World Series.

[Tank]

I would imagine free agent pitchers will have a very strong interest in who’s hired as the pitching coach. 

[nate]

I would rather have Cab Calloway than Mickey Calloway.

[Angel Oracle]

Jim Hickey for pitching coach?

Eric Chavez for bench coach?

[T.G.]

[AngelStew43]

Calloway as pitching coach, promote Gallego to bench coach, bring back Alfredo Griffin.

[eligrba]

Why don't you just ask @Tank?

[Tank]

1 hour ago, eligrba said:

Why don't you just ask @Tank?

i'd happily be the bench coach or third base coach. no interest in being pitching coach.

i'd also be extremely willing to be the lunch coach. they clearly need help with their conditioning, and i've got just the right plan for all of them.

[T.G.]

7 minutes ago, Tank said:

i'd happily be the bench coach or third base coach. no interest in being pitching coach.

i'd also be extremely willing to be the lunch coach. they clearly need help with their conditioning, and i've got just the right plan for all of them.

No one is asking you to be a coach... just when the team will be hiring one! 

Not self-aware are you?

[Tank]

1 hour ago, True Grich said:

No one is asking you to be a coach... just when the team will be hiring one! 

Not self-aware are you?

no problems, grich. all is well

 

 

 

 

until you try to enter the stadium for a game. i'll be having you banned.

[T.G.]

3 minutes ago, Tank said:

no problems, grich. all is well

 

 

 

 

until you try to enter the stadium for a game. i'll be having you banned.

Again?

 

 

Edited October 21, 2019 by True Grich

[Tank]

wait, you're really tom cruise and not some dirt-bag old soviet era oligarch?

now i'm REALLY having you banned.

[Slegnaac]

Who is the 3rd Base Coach?  We need someone that isn't going to be waving Pujols around if the Out Fielder has the ball in his hand or glove.

[Hubs]

Gallego will likely not be brought back.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Butcher or Callaway back, as they both have links to the Angels 2002 team. Butcher was the pitching coach in Salt Lake and Callaway was in the rotation as effectively the sixth starter.

[Pancake Bear]

2 minutes ago, Hubs said:

Gallego will likely not be brought back.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Butcher or Callaway back, as they both have links to the Angels 2002 team. Butcher was the pitching coach in Salt Lake and Callaway was in the rotation as effectively the sixth starter.

Who gives a crap whether they have ties to the 02 team? Nostalgia? That doesn’t win games. 

[Hubs]

6 minutes ago, Sean-Regan said:

Who gives a crap whether they have ties to the 02 team? Nostalgia? That doesn’t win games. 

Arte.

Book it.

[Pancake Bear]

37 minutes ago, Hubs said:

Arte.

Book it.

Yeah, no.

It’s a fan thing. Fans are stupid.

Arte is a billionaire. He’s not stupid. 

[Hubs]

13 minutes ago, Sean-Regan said:

Yeah, no.

It’s a fan thing. Fans are stupid.

Arte is a billionaire. He’s not stupid. 

I've seen him interviewed about how he wants to get back to the 2002 spirit. So It's not just a Fan Thing.

 

[Pancake Bear]

9 minutes ago, Hubs said:

I've seen him interviewed about how he wants to get back to the 2002 spirit. So It's not just a Fan Thing.

 

That doesn’t mean bring back a bunch of people with connections to the 02 team. 

[TNAngelsFan71]

Percival as the pitching coach? That would bring some grit to the staff. Would still like to see Salmon as a coach not just a spring training instructor. Nostalgia? Yeah, but I think they have a lot to offer as coaches.

[Pancake Bear]

18 minutes ago, TNAngelsFan71 said:

Percival as the pitching coach? That would bring some grit to the staff. Would still like to see Salmon as a coach not just a spring training instructor. Nostalgia? Yeah, but I think they have a lot to offer as coaches.

Then why has no one else hired them? Hiring the old boys club is one of the dumbest narratives that way too many fans want. 

Personally, I want to win. You do that by hiring the best people. I've seen no indication that any of those guys have the ability to be talented coaches in mlb just because they were former star players.

[Second Base]

Sorrento and Reed are returning as hitting coaches more than likely.  Collectively, they've done a bang up job.  Gallego, if not on the big league staff will still be employed by the organization.  He's an Eppler guy, through and through.  Eric Chavez has long been rumored for a coaching position, but thus far, he's stayed out of the dugout, and you have to think he's had opportunities, either here or elsewhere to coach.  He logged some time as the manager in Salt Lake.  Most reports seemed to indicate that he enjoyed it, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him slide into a bench coach or 3B coach role.  

The one I really care about is the pitching coach.  I still think it's going to be Jim Hickey, but I'd be very open to Calloway or even Searage.  Then again, Hickey left Chicago after only one season after reuniting with Maddon.  Maybe there was a rift?  Calloway makes a lot of sense though. 

Edited October 22, 2019 by Second Base

[T.G.]

5 hours ago, Sean-Regan said:

Who gives a crap whether they have ties to the 02 team? Nostalgia? That doesn’t win games. 

But.  But... Percy can teach them to squint