Everything in Rays world is about the coaching changes right now. Jim Hickey, a mainstay at pitching coach, parted ways with the team, and Tom Foley, long-time bench coach, will move into a different (non-coaching) role.
That means that there’s a special episode of This Week in Rays Baseball, the excellent Rays Radio podcast. Neil Solondz talked to GM Erik Neander, new Major League pitching coach Kyle Snyder, and Tampa Bay Times beat reporter Marc Topkin. You can find the podcast on iTunes, or listen here.
It’s a good introduction to Snyder, with the most interesting part from a “getting to know Snyder” perspective being him talking about the difference in hitters between Triple-A and the Majors—discipline.