Much has been made of Larry Rothschild’s dismissal from the New York Yankees. He is heralded as one of the best pitching coaches in baseball, so why would he get the pink slip?
Simple. Because he wasn’t as good as you thought he was.
Look at it from this perspective, in the NFL, when the offense is struggling, the offensive coordinator is first to go over the head coach. So just HOW good was Larry Rothschild in the eight seasons he’s been the Yankees’ pitching coach?
Pitching coaches are meant to help the whole pitching staff, and our team pitching staff was mediocre at best.