Angels hire Trent Woodward

[totdprods]

Hitting coach who helped Taylor Ward last year, and maybe Brett Phillips this year?

It’s a consulting role. Posted on Twitter by Fletch.

[Inside Pitch]

56 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Hitting coach who helped Taylor Ward last year, and maybe Brett Phillips this year?

It’s a consulting role. Posted on Twitter by Fletch.

Thats two for you!

[Lazorko Saves]

The Equalizer approves of this hiring.

[Blarg]

This looks like a good hire on the surface. I hope he can put some of Ward's success into Fletcher and Rengifo's bat and wander over to AAA to unlock Adell. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

1 hour ago, Lazorko Saves said:

The Equalizer approves of this hiring.

There's a kid in town

[Lazorko Saves]

Bonus lame joke:

Q: Why are there two "D"s in Trent Woodward's name?

A: Because if there wasn't, he'd be Trent Woowar.

[totdprods]

3 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Thats two for you!

trying so hard 

[Lazorko Saves]

1 hour ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

There's a kid in town

I do like Queen Latifah, but....Scoreboard...

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

I must admit although, I knew she was reprising the role. I've never actual watched it. I'm sure a lot of people, my sons included have never seen the original series...

[TempeAngel]

 

"The Angels have hired Trent Woodward, the private hitting instructor who helped turn around Ward’s career. Woodward will work as a consultant, dropping in on the Angels or their minor-league affiliates from time to time throughout the season."

This feels like a great hire and maybe a sign ownership is more committed to system wide development.

@Jeff Fletcher is this a newly created position or is Woodward replacing the role of a hitting consultant from last year?

 

[Angel Oracle]

On 2/17/2023 at 1:23 PM, Lazorko Saves said:

Bonus lame joke:

Q: Why are there two "D"s in Trent Woodward's name?

A: Because if there wasn't, he'd be Trent Woowar.

 

[Jeff Fletcher]

3 hours ago, TempeAngel said:

 

 

"The Angels have hired Trent Woodward, the private hitting instructor who helped turn around Ward’s career. Woodward will work as a consultant, dropping in on the Angels or their minor-league affiliates from time to time throughout the season."

This feels like a great hire and maybe a sign ownership is more committed to system wide development.

@Jeff Fletcher is this a newly created position or is Woodward replacing the role of a hitting consultant from last year?

 

It sounds like they created it just for him. I don’t think it’s going to be anything close to a full time job. I remember last year when I asked Woodward if he was interested in coaching he said no because he and his wife just had a baby. 

[tdawg87]

On 2/17/2023 at 4:23 PM, Lazorko Saves said:

Bonus lame joke:

Q: Why are there two "D"s in Trent Woodward's name?

A: Because if there wasn't, he'd be Trent Woowar.

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This is high quality content. Thank you.

[Revad]

5 hours ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

It sounds like they created it just for him. I don’t think it’s going to be anything close to a full time job. I remember last year when I asked Woodward if he was interested in coaching he said no because he and his wife just had a baby. 

I like it.  I’d hire just to hang with Ward.  I really like what Minasain has done overall, though.  Jeff, do you have a sense of how Perry is viewed by his peers?  I’m sure they say nice things, but underneath that?

[Rollinghard]

Pretty sure Trent would take a full time position if the money was right. I don't know how much a hitting coach makes at the MLB level but if the guy is good and not just some guy that use to play ball back in the day that needed a job then pay the man his money.  I am surprise teams don't put more into their hitting programs. I mean when you are paying David Fletcher 5 mil a year why not pay a successful hitting coach $300,000 a year to fix him. If he could fix Adell pay him a million.  

[Blarg]

1 hour ago, Rollinghard said:

Pretty sure Trent would take a full time position if the money was right.

 

On 2/19/2023 at 12:30 AM, Jeff Fletcher said:

I remember last year when I asked Woodward if he was interested in coaching he said no because he and his wife just had a baby. 

There is your answer. It isn't about the money and your $300k number is triple of what the job pays.