Washington’s staff

[Hubs]

While I wasn’t happy with the hiring, mainly because of off the field stuff that I remembered and his age. But I was encouraged by the staff rumored solid mix of veterans and young coaches. There was no mention of a pitching coach or bullpen coach that I saw 

Two former Angels to me fit the bill. Dan Haren has been a pitching strategist for the D’Backs for the past few seasons and was a young pitcher for the A’s while Washington was on the staff.

And of course if they could pry Percy away from UCR. Don’t know if he’d do that for the bullpen job, but perhaps as a pitching coach .

[Pancake Bear]

Wish they could find some way to lure Mike Maddux away from the Rangers, but I doubt that happens. 

[T.G.]

11 hours ago, Hubs said:

And of course if they could pry Percy away from UCR. Don’t know if he’d do that for the bullpen job, but perhaps as a pitching coach .

Percy hasn't coached at UCR since 2020

[Taylor]

What makes anyone think Troy Percival would be an effective MLB pitching coach?

[Chuck]

In before @tdawg87 makes a joke about Washington's Staff. 

[DMVol]

27 minutes ago, Taylor said:

What makes anyone think Troy Percival would be an effective MLB pitching coach?

The same reasoning that people were pushing for Erstad or Hunter as manager....

[Hubs]

4 hours ago, Taylor said:

What makes anyone think Troy Percival would be an effective MLB pitching coach?

He's been the manager at UCR. So he has coaching experience. 

 

[Hubs]

4 hours ago, T.G. said:

Percy hasn't coached at UCR since 2020

I don't follow college baseball that closely. LOL.

[tdawg87]

4 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

In before @tdawg87 makes a joke about Washington's Staff. 

[Chuck]

@Inside Pitch called it. We got B00B'd again.

 

[tdawg87]

Bob Nightingale might be mentally retarded.

[T.G.]

Might be?

[Angels 1961]

20 hours ago, Hubs said:

While I wasn’t happy with the hiring, mainly because of off the field stuff that I remembered and his age. But I was encouraged by the staff rumored solid mix of veterans and young coaches. There was no mention of a pitching coach or bullpen coach that I saw 

Two former Angels to me fit the bill. Dan Haren has been a pitching strategist for the D’Backs for the past few seasons and was a young pitcher for the A’s while Washington was on the staff.

And of course if they could pry Percy away from UCR. Don’t know if he’d do that for the bullpen job, but perhaps as a pitching coach .

If you would like to know more about Mr. Washington read article in next month's AARP magazine. If you do not get magazine go to your local senior center.

[DMVol]

2 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

If you would like to know more about Mr. Washington read article in next month's AARP magazine. If you do not get magazine go to your local senior center.

Give us the Reader’s Digest version…

[Pancake Bear]

Not really keen on Chili as hitting coach. He was a good hitter, but hasn't he been mostly crap as a coach?

[AngelStew43]

Chili Davis has had jobs as a major league hitting coach with several major league teams.  I think he'd be more qualified than Marcus Thames, the guy that we just let go to the White Sox.  

[totdprods]

Just now, AngelStew43 said:

Chili Davis has had jobs as a major league hitting coach with several major league teams.  I think he'd be more qualified than Marcus Thames, the guy that we just let go to the White Sox.  

With the A’s, Chili’s teams finished first twice and second once in three seasons, two times with arguably a Top 3 AL offense.

Following that, he was with Boston, who finished 5th, 1st, and 1st. They scored the 4th most runs, most runs in AL, and 6th most in AL.

On to the second place Cubs for a year, 4th most runs. Then the Mets, who finished 3rd and 4th (7th in runs both years) before being canned early in the ‘21 season when the team wasn’t scoring.

Not sure how much you can really set results to a coach, but his track record was consistently pretty great up until New York. 

[Chuck]

53 minutes ago, totdprods said:

With the A’s, Chili’s teams finished first twice and second once in three seasons, two times with arguably a Top 3 AL offense.

Following that, he was with Boston, who finished 5th, 1st, and 1st. They scored the 4th most runs, most runs in AL, and 6th most in AL.

On to the second place Cubs for a year, 4th most runs. Then the Mets, who finished 3rd and 4th (7th in runs both years) before being canned early in the ‘21 season when the team wasn’t scoring.

Not sure how much you can really set results to a coach, but his track record was consistently pretty great up until New York. 

Thank you for putting this together @totdprods. We saw a bunch of replies saying Chili Davis was terrible as a hitting coach and I looked briefly at his track record and saw nothing but success. 

[totdprods]

1 minute ago, Chuckster70 said:

Thank you for putting this together @totdprods. We saw a bunch of replies saying Chili Davis was terrible as a hitting coach and I looked briefly at his track record and saw nothing but success. 

Anything that touches the Mets tends to be terrible it seems so I’m not putting a lot of stock into those years. 

His teams were basically averaged out to top 3 in their league 2012-2018. That’s a heck of a run.

[Angelsfan1984]

He’s a hell of a hitting coach. Anyone who says otherwise is trolling or ignorant. Probably both. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

Braves Briefing: Rumors say Eric Young Sr. is following Ron Washington to Los Angeles

https://www.si.com/mlb/braves/news/braves-briefing-rumors-say-eric-young-sr-is-following-ron-washington-to-los-angeles

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, totdprods said:

With the A’s, Chili’s teams finished first twice and second once in three seasons, two times with arguably a Top 3 AL offense.

Following that, he was with Boston, who finished 5th, 1st, and 1st. They scored the 4th most runs, most runs in AL, and 6th most in AL.

On to the second place Cubs for a year, 4th most runs. Then the Mets, who finished 3rd and 4th (7th in runs both years) before being canned early in the ‘21 season when the team wasn’t scoring.

Not sure how much you can really set results to a coach, but his track record was consistently pretty great up until New York. 

Chili Davis has been one of my favorite people ever since he put Jim Edmonds into a wall. 

[totdprods]

14 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Braves Briefing: Rumors say Eric Young Sr. is following Ron Washington to Los Angeles

https://www.si.com/mlb/braves/news/braves-briefing-rumors-say-eric-young-sr-is-following-ron-washington-to-los-angeles

EY is just about as beloved in Atlanta as Ron.

[Inside Pitch]

5 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Chili Davis has been one of my favorite people ever since he put Jim Edmonds into a wall. 

The best part ... Before they patched up the hole, someone had taped a police body outline on the wall.

[Jay]

2 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

Braves Briefing: Rumors say Eric Young Sr. is following Ron Washington to Los Angeles

https://www.si.com/mlb/braves/news/braves-briefing-rumors-say-eric-young-sr-is-following-ron-washington-to-los-angeles

Yeah but Washington is in Anaheim.