Now Mariners pitching coach, Paul Davis worked the last six years in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system. He started out 2013 being the pitching coach for the Cardinals advance rookie team at Johnson City. He returned the following season but with a new focus on analytics as part of his responsibility to the Cardinals organization.
During 2015, he was the Cardinals Rehab pitching coach, working with all pitchers at every minor league level to get them ready to return to action. The next two seasons he was Cardinals assistant pitching coordinator.
Last year, before getting the Mariners pitching coach position, Paul Davis was the Cardinals Manager of pitching analytics.