Looking Into Coaching Staff Expansion

Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports The St. Louis Cardinals are becoming more modern. In my last article, I discussed Jeff Albert. His oversight of the entire minor league system as the MLB hitting coach is a modern interpretation of the hitting coach. The way that Albert utilizes data and modern technologies is also eminently modern. The Cardinals have done more than simply install Albert as hitting coach in order to modernize the coaching staff. The organization created the role of “Run Production Coach” in order to build a three man hitting team of Albert, Jobel Jimenez (Assistant Hitting Coach), and Patrick Elkins (Run Production Coach). On the pitching side, the team created the role of “Major League Pitching Strategist”, and hired Dusty Blake to fill the role, to join with Pitching Coach Mike Maddux and Bullpen Coach Bryan Eversgard.

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