Count Jeanmar Gomez among the Pittsburgh Pirates’ many pitcher reinventions. Pitching coach Ray Searage has aided in the career turnarounds of Francisco Liriano, Edinson Volquez, and J.A. Happ. Even veteran A.J. Burnett enjoyed success in his 30’s only in Pittsburgh, not in New York or Philadelphia.
Gomez wasn’t exactly a highly-touted pitching prospect, but he was someone the Cleveland Indians — who signed him as an amateur free agent in 2005 — felt could contribute at the back end of a starting rotation.