Co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller, Fredi Gonzalez and Jose Hernandez let go, Matt Borgschulte leaves

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, SteveA said:

 

Well, they went with a 2 headed hitting coach approach, and BOTH guys had no experience whatsoever working with major league hitters.

My guess is that if they continue with the 2-man concept, they will bring in a guy who HAS coached major leaguers in the past.   Then you might have a pair whose skillset complements each other at least a little bit.

Or just bring in one great hitting coach and get rid of the other half of the siamese twin.  

The 2 man concept is fine if one of them has a tired arm from throwing too much batting practice.

[7Mo]

28 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Getting rid of one half of the siamese twin hitting coach is odd, but whatever.  

I don't get letting Fredi go.  Not that I was a huge fan of his or anything but he seems well respected throughout baseball.  

 

Fredi has a catcher's background. Maybe there was a disagreement with coaching there. Totally speculating. 

[interloper]

I think maybe Fredi wants to test the manager market. Or it's just a clubhouse vibe shift so it doesn't feel exactly the same to the players next season. 

[gamiliel]

36 minutes ago, NashLumber said:

What was that? I missed it. 

Several times he instinctively exclaimed in the dugout "what the hell are you doing" when Hyde made some of his pitching changes. 

[drdelaware]

Oh no, not Fuller.  What will happen to the launch and attack angle stats?

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Perhaps they are bringing on Buck Britton to next year’s staff and grooming him as a potential Hyde replacement if the need to change manager arises. 

Edited Friday at 19:01 by OsFanSinceThe80s

[LookitsPuck]

39 minutes ago, gamiliel said:

Several times he instinctively exclaimed in the dugout "what the hell are you doing" when Hyde made some of his pitching changes. 

[interloper]

41 minutes ago, gamiliel said:

Several times he instinctively exclaimed in the dugout "what the hell are you doing" when Hyde made some of his pitching changes. 

Proof? Don't really believe this.

[gtman55]

1 minute ago, interloper said:

Proof? Don't really believe this.

Agreed. I call bs on that as well.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

3 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

I knew someone was going to post this gif. 

[SteveA]

3 minutes ago, interloper said:

Proof? Don't really believe this.

I assumed it was meant for humor.

[TomDominick]

Anybody have Charlie Lau's number?

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, SteveA said:

 

Well, they went with a 2 headed hitting coach approach, and BOTH guys had no experience whatsoever working with major league hitters.

My guess is that if they continue with the 2-man concept, they will bring in a guy who HAS coached major leaguers in the past.   Then you might have a pair whose skillset complements each other at least a little bit.

I had this exact conversation with someone. This makes a lot of sense if they plan to do this again. They need one of the hitting coaches who has been through the fire of the big leagues.

[NashLumber]

9 minutes ago, TomDominick said:

Anybody have Charlie Lau's number?

Cal's right there. He can suggest a new batting stance every month. 

[Sports Guy]

Britton would surprise me. Again, I don’t really care about the bench coach but I don’t think you usually see a bench coach with no ML experience.

I think the new hire is going to be more experienced than Gonzalez and perhaps more experience at winning in the playoffs.