Coaching staff complete
Manager Mark Mason has completed his coaching staff for the 2009 season. Former Washington shortstop Jon Cahill, pictured, will return to the organization as the hitting coach and Larry Wayman will be back for his second season as pitching coach. Also returning is coach Bob Bozzuto.
This will be Bozzuto's fourth season with the Wild Things. He was the third-base coach last year under manager Greg Jelks.
Cahill spent the last two years as manager of the Frontier League's Traverse City Beach Bums. In 2005, Cahill was an assistant coach under Mason with the Ohio Valley Redcoats.
Cahill's return had been rumored for a long time. The return of Wayman, however, was somewhat of a surprise to me. I expected Mason to bring in someone outside the organization, especially after the Wild Things' pitching struggles last year. One reader of this blog mentioned that Wayman never seemed to connect with the pitchers last year, which got me thinking (I do that once every two weeks). He/she might be right. Not one pitcher mentioned the pitching coach during interviews all season, which was a first.
Mason must think Wayman is the right guy for the job, and with all the injuries and youth in the bullpen last year we'll surely get a better evaluation of the guy this year.
Labels: Bob Bozzuto, Jon Cahill, Larry Wayman, Mark Mason
posted by Chris Dugan at
5:38 PM
2 Comments:
This is absurd. I was VERY close to the team last season and I can tell you that any returning pitchers are disgusted with the move to bring back LAYMAN. I know the spelling is wrong. There was no connection as Chris suggested and the pitchers who had questions usually if not always had them unanswered. Hence where the rumors about Ledbetter being the pitching coach started. Even as a teammate the pitchers routinely would go to Led and even Carter for pitching advice.
Im not knocking Wayman personally I am simply stating that there was never a connection with him and the pitching. How many times would guys be put into the game after 2 warmups in the bullpen, quite a few times actually.
I am not making excuses for the pitching especially the bullpen because they were terrible for most of last year but there sure were things missing.
I am prepared to be ripped for being a Democrat or for being White or even knocked because I don't mind the parking fees.
it is the managers job to make sure his relief pitchers are given enough time to be game ready. if pitchers were only able to get 2 pitches as you say, then that falls totally on the manager. pitching coaches don't make those decisions during a game.
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