Pitching in
It's three months before the Frontier League's tryout camp at Consol Energy Park and the Wild Things are still without a pitching coach. Or are they?
Former Pirates pitcher Mark Dewey, who spent the last two years as Washington's pitching coach, recently accepted the same position with the Milwaukee Brewers' high-Class A affiliate.
Speculation was that new Wild Things manager Chris Bando would hire another former major league pitcher, Anthony Telford, as the pitching coach. Bando and Telford were together in 2007 as manager and pitching coach with the Aiken Foxhounds of the now-defunct independent South Coast League. Dewey also was with Aiken as a player/coach.
Now, it appears that Telford has, or will be, taking a job in affiliated ball, leaving the Wild Things again in need of a pitching coach. About a week ago, word surfaced that Tim Ferguson might be the Wild Things' pitching coach. Ferguson was the manager of the Ruidoso Osos of the independent Pecos League last year and guided them to the runner-up finish.
Ferguson is Program Director of the Florida Developmental Baseball Program and is the head coach at Lake Worth Christian School. Her also was the coach at Wellington Christian School in Florida. I believe that's the same Wellington that produced former Pirates first-round draft picks Bobby Bradley and Sean Burnett.
The Wild Things said they have not hired a pitching coach, though an announcement could be coming soon.
Former Pirates pitcher Mark Dewey, who spent the last two years as Washington's pitching coach, recently accepted the same position with the Milwaukee Brewers' high-Class A affiliate.
Speculation was that new Wild Things manager Chris Bando would hire another former major league pitcher, Anthony Telford, as the pitching coach. Bando and Telford were together in 2007 as manager and pitching coach with the Aiken Foxhounds of the now-defunct independent South Coast League. Dewey also was with Aiken as a player/coach.
Now, it appears that Telford has, or will be, taking a job in affiliated ball, leaving the Wild Things again in need of a pitching coach. About a week ago, word surfaced that Tim Ferguson might be the Wild Things' pitching coach. Ferguson was the manager of the Ruidoso Osos of the independent Pecos League last year and guided them to the runner-up finish.
Ferguson is Program Director of the Florida Developmental Baseball Program and is the head coach at Lake Worth Christian School. Her also was the coach at Wellington Christian School in Florida. I believe that's the same Wellington that produced former Pirates first-round draft picks Bobby Bradley and Sean Burnett.
The Wild Things said they have not hired a pitching coach, though an announcement could be coming soon.
Labels: Anthony Telford, Mark Dewey, Tim Ferguson
posted by Chris Dugan at
2:08 PM
1 Comments:
OT: While the Wild Things seem to like to highlight the fact that Dermontti Dawson is a part owner of the team, it seems only good for PR. With Dawson being nearly $70 million in debt he is certainly not in a position to be a major contributor when in comes to any such thing as cash to help pay for all the improvements being promised. All of the proposed changes are, if actually implemented, going to cost a whale of a lot of money. Looks a lot like the Wild Things are in a make, or break, situation. Hope not.
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