phillies pitching coach

It's easy to look at the raw numbers of past pitching staffs under Bob McClure, who the Phillies hired as pitching coach Monday, and point and laugh and gasp for what may be yet to come here in 2014. But it's not that simple -- something we learned during the time of the guy McClure replaced in Philadelphia...

The Philadelphia Phillies are still without a pitching coach, but it's unknown if their taking applications. That didn't stop former Atlanta Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone from throwing his name in the hat. Mazzone, a host for 680-The Fan in Atlanta took to Twitter this morning to informally apply for the Phillies vacancy...

According to reports, the Phillies have interviewed Pittsburgh Pirates pitching maven Jim Benedict for their vacancy at pitching coach. The interview transpired yesterday. New manager Ryne Sandberg has his coaching staff all but complete with only pitching coach remaining after the team parted ways with longtime coach Rich Dubee. ...