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Old 10-25-2019, 04:26 PM   #1
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Former pitchers as hitting coaches and vice versa

When I’m hiring coaches, sometimes I’ll find a manager who the game says would have a ton of hitters and no pitchers or a ton of pitchers and no hitters on his higher development influence list and good relationships list. So I grab them as hitting coaches and pitching coaches. The thing is, some of the good looking hitting coaches are former pitchers and some of the pitching coaches are former hitters. It feels off. Is it possible in game for that to happen or am I just making some really bad hires?
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Old 10-27-2019, 09:13 AM   #2
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I know in real life some good pitching coaches have been former catchers. Maybe the ex-pitchers who are now hitting coaches were good hitters. Click on their batting stats on their former player profile. I've seen some pretty good hitting pitchers over the years.
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Old 10-29-2019, 10:03 AM   #3
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It seems to me that a former pitcher might be able to offer quite a bit of insight to batters, whether or not he ever hit very well himself.
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Old 10-29-2019, 10:15 AM   #4
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I’ll cosign on that one. I’ve seen that too. In fact, I had the former ace on my fictional team become a hitting coach. It seemed weird, so I switched all his Hitting coach ratings to Equivalent pitching coach ratings and vice versa.

It seems like a small glitch in the game, because when in the history of baseball has anyone seen a pitcher become a hitting coach?
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Old 10-29-2019, 03:09 PM   #5
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I’ll cosign on that one. I’ve seen that too. In fact, I had the former ace on my fictional team become a hitting coach. It seemed weird, so I switched all his Hitting coach ratings to Equivalent pitching coach ratings and vice versa.



It seems like a small glitch in the game, because when in the history of baseball has anyone seen a pitcher become a hitting coach?


Seen it too and completely agree


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Old 10-29-2019, 04:36 PM   #6
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I don't think too many pitchers could be good hitting coaches. I have also seen some good hitting pitchers over the years, but they are good when facing mostly fastballs in the pitcher's spot. I do not know that they would understand the art of hitting enough to be a hitting coach. Perhaps if you go way back in history and look at guys like Wes Ferrell, or Smoky Joe Wood who became an outfielder at the end of his career, or Don Newcombe who went to Japan at the end of his career and became an outfielder and Firstbaseman, but for the pitchers today, other than 2 way guys, I do not know of too many that could be hitting coaches.
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Old 10-30-2019, 02:38 PM   #7
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I wonder, IRL, how often pitching and hitting coaches work together. I would think that there could be some good insights gained. Pitching coach discussing how he would pitch to a player could help the hitting coach teach the player what to watch for.

Similar results could go the other way. May well already be happening, but it makes me want to ask someone. I have a friend who knows some of the local minor league coaches. I may see if he has any insight.
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