Ken Rosenthal discusses the contributions of Ray Searage and the Pirates staff to resurrecting the careers of a number of pitchers:
So, if injuries hit, or if one or more of the starters falter, the Pirates should be deep enough to withstand the blows. Then again, recent history suggests that at least one of the team’s reclamation projects will succeed — and if not, the Pirates will try to find others.
“We understand that the hit rate is much higher than expected,” Huntington said. “We also understand that it’s not going to be 100 percent. It hasn’t been 100 percent. But when you have really talented people, and you work through a process … Ray is the core contributor to that, but there are other people who really help Ray and have helped those pitchers have those bounceback or breakout seasons.
“We realize we can’t become overly dependent on it. At the same time, there are traits there. Each guy has had success. There are some things we believe we can build upon. And truth be told, small markets need guys like this to step forward, whether they’re your own young players, guys who take that next step in their career progression or guys who have bounceback seasons. Small markets, that’s the way we survive.”
Searage does not seem to get the press that Dave Duncan or Leo Mazzone did, and I think that’s due to Searage keeping out of the lime light. He may be doing better than both those coaching greats.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1V07i3r
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