Bullpen Coach Dom Chiti Leaving Orginization

[ArtVanDelay]

I posted this in the John Means thread back in July:

Do they discourage strikouts in Bowie?

Means:

Frederick - 9.7

Bowie - 2.8

Lee:

2015 - 6.1

2016 - 3.3

Barker:

AA Mississippi (ATL) - 8.0

Bowie - 4.8

Jason Garcia has typically had good K numbers through the minors, and he's striking out 4.7 per 9 at Bowie. Same with Bridwell and he's at 4.5.

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[Legend_Of_Joey]

You don't say?

Chris Lee, Jason Garcia and David Hess all posted terrible K/9 rates in Bowie this year after having excellent strikeout rates earlier in their careers. I'm not sure that the higher quality of hitter completely accounts for that. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems that Mills encourages pitching to contact.

Could be one of several things. Better hitter could swing at less "bad" pitches, or make contact with "strike out" pitches. Pitchers could be looking for contact.

Not sure if anyone has noticed it at the games, but the starts throw at a low hanging "zone" in the bullpen. Could be their way of working on ground ball contact.

[canonfaz]

I was hoping Dom would stay. I hope they can find another great tandem for the pitching coach/bullpen.

[Ohfan67]

May indicate the O's have an agreement with a pitching coach and are waiting for the series to end to make an announcement.

[Es4M11]

Can we find a new home for Rick Peterson too?

[pastorfan]

I'm very disappointed by this. Back to the drawing board, again.

Man, who is going to replace that Stash!

[MDtransplant757]

May indicate the O's have an agreement with a pitching coach and are waiting for the series to end to make an announcement.

Scott McGreggor would be my first guess.

[Can_of_corn]

Man, who is going to replace that Stash!

Scott McGreggor would be my first guess.

Scottie in his prime did have serious mustache game.

[MDtransplant757]

Scottie in his prime did have serious mustache game.

None were on par with Reboulet's stache, though.

[Tony-OH]

Guys seem to pitch well for Mike Griffin in Norfolk.

[MDtransplant757]

Guys seem to pitch well for Mike Griffin in Norfolk.

Except for the garbage that was here last year (Excluding Gunkel and the bullpen)

[atomic]

Why? Is there something they did that was exceptional in any way?

Not saying they weren't competent, but what makes their loss significant as far as the team's performance is concerned?

We won 89 games and pitching was 20.5 WAR combined. Pretty good and better than the hitting+fielding.

[weams]

Can we find a new home for Rick Peterson too?

I think Rick is excellent.

[Obando]

I think Rick is excellent.

Care to expand on why you think Rick Peterson is excellent? I'm not saying I agree or disagree, but just curious as to your reasoning.

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[scOtt]

Why? Is there something they did that was exceptional in any way?

Not saying they weren't competent, but what makes their loss significant as far as the team's performance is concerned?

Just the way all the pitchers talked about Dave and Dom. You could tell they all loved them. Britton, Tillman, Gaus, they all credited both guys.